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Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi anxiously awaits Iranian court's decision o
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Now that the judgement that led to Jafar Panahi's imprisonment last year has been overturned by Iran's highest court, a decision on his release from Tehran's Evin prison is expected soon.
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Iran executes British-Iranian Alireza Akbari, UK PM Sunak condemns 'coward
Updated : 3 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Akbari's death sentence was announced just days ago, on January 11, after he was convicted of spying for the United Kingdom. However, Akbari, who was also a former Iranian official, had denied the charges, as per CNN.
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Iran sentences three more protesters to death, amid global outrage
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Amid the global unrest over the civil unrest triggered by Mahsa Amini's death, the Iranian judiciary on Monday handed down three more death sentences, reported France24.
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Iran executes two men detained amid nationwide protests
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini were hanged early Saturday morning.
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Iranian chess player warned not to return home after competing without hij
Updated : 1 month ago IST
The 25-year-old player arrived in Spain on Tuesday after receiving what a source close to her said were warnings not to return to Iran for competing without a hijab - a headscarf mandatory under Iran's strict dress codes.
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Iranian security personnel killed during protest
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
More than 100 days after Mahsa Amini's death sparked nationwide unrest, a member of Iran's security forces on Sunday was shot dead during protests in the city of Semirom.
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Year-ender 2022: How a 'custodial death' took women to war against Iran's
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
The alleged custodial death of 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, who had come visiting her brother in Tehran on September 13, 2022, fell in the crosshairs of the country's so-called morality police instead. She was arrested, allegedly for wearing her hijab (headscarf) loosely, at the po
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Iran arrests prominent actress Taraneh Alidoosti for supporting anti-hijab
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Alidoosti had condemned the hanging of Mohsen Shekari, who was killed in December in the first known execution linked to the protests.
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Iran's ouster from Women's Commission shows UN's bias
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
The United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has removed Iran from the United Nations' leading global commission fighting for gender equality because of systematic violations of the rights of women and girls.
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Iran ousted from UN Women's Commission in 29-8 vote; India abstains
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
In a vote of 29-8, some 16 countries, including India abstained from the vote. The eight nations who voted against were Bolivia, China, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Russia and Zimbabwe.
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Iran carries out second public execution linked to anti-government protest
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
According to Iranian state television, protester Majidreza Rahnavard convicted for stabbing and killing two security agents, was hanged to death in public this morning in the city of Mashhad.
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Iran conducts first known execution over nationwide protests sparked by Am
Updated : 2 months ago IST
As mass demonstrations continue in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini, the country has executed a man for injuring a paramilitary officer in the first protests-related execution on Thursday, CNN reported citing the state media.
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