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Imprisoned children in Iran suffer sexual violence, electric shocks: Amnes
Updated : 3 days, 8 hours ago IST
Citing a report by the Rights group Amnesty International, CNN reported that child detainees in Iran are facing severe torture and are facing sexual violence, flogging and electric shocks by the authorities in the country.
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Year-ender 2022: How a 'custodial death' took women to war against Iran's
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks 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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Iranian Chess player competes at tournament without hijab
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Iranian Chess player Sara Khadem, also known as Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, recently took part in a tournament without wearing a hijab, CNN reported on Wednesday citing Iranian news agency Jamaran.
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Iran conducts first known execution over nationwide protests sparked by Am
Updated : 3 months, 1 week 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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Iran abolishes 'morality police' after anti-government protests
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Iran's Attorney General Mohammad Javad Montazeri said that the morality police "was abolished by the same authorities who installed it."
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Atleast 448 killed in Iran protests over Mahsa Amini's death: Rights group
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Iranian Security Forces have killed at least 448 people in a crackdown on protests held in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The protests began in mid-September and witnessed clashes, and killings of demonstrators in large numbers.
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"Mahsa Amini was not killed, she passed away": Iranian deputy foreign mini
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Iran is facing one of the biggest shows of dissent in recent history following the death in September of the Kurdish-Iranian woman detained by the morality police allegedly for not wearing her hijab properly, according to media reports.
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West creating "baseless and fallacious" atmosphere: Iran Minister on Mahsa
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Islamic Republic is facing one of the biggest shows of dissent in recent history following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman detained by the morality police allegedly for not wearing her hijab properly, according to media reports.
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Iran anti-hijab protest: 14, 000 arrested in last six weeks, says United N
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
At least 14,000 people have been arrested in Iran over the last six weeks, following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died on September 16 after being detained by "morality police" and taken to a "re-education center," allegedly for not abiding by the country's conservative dress co
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Mahsa Amini's died of illness not 'blows': Iran forensics
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Tehran [Iran], October 7 (ANI): After weeks of protests in Iran over the death of a 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini in custody of Morality Police, the country's forensic department in its medical report on Friday said that her death was "not caused by blows" but was due to multiple organ failu
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Mass protests in Iran over death of Mahsa Amini may assume dimensions of s
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], September 26 (ANI): For more than a week, mass protests are being held in more than 80 towns and cities across the 31 provinces of Iran over the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman called Mahsa Amini, who died shortly after she was arrested by the hated morality police of
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US journalist denied interview with Iran President for not wearing hijab
Updated : 5 months, 4 weeks ago IST
New York [US], September 23 (ANI): Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday cancelled the scheduled interview with the US journalist as she refused to wear a hijab for the interaction.
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