Women’s Boxing Banned In Iran's Khuzestan Province
Tue 02 Jun 2020Khuzestan has become Iran’s first province to officially ban women's boxing.
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INTERVIEW: ALI AFSHARI
Fri 29 May 2020Ali Afshari is an Iranian human rights activist. Although he no longer lives in Iran, he is a man who has fought, and is still fighting for human rights that are deeply threatened.
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Honor Killing in Iran and a statement by AI
Fri 29 May 2020A father in Iran has been arrested for allegedly beheading his 14-year-old daughter in a so-called ‘honor killing,’ after discovering she ran away from home with her boyfriend.
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Iran Warns U.S. on Naval Activity in the Gulf
Thu 28 May 2020Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unveiled scores of new and upgraded defensive speedboats with a warning to the U.S. that it won’t shy away from challenging American naval power.
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A Baha’i Citizen, Elaheh Samizadeh, Sentenced to an Extra Year in Prison
Thu 28 May 2020Elaheh Samizadeh, a Baha’i citizen of Shiraz, has been sentenced to one extra year of imprisonment and two years suspension from holding all governmental and public jobs by Branch 105 of Shiraz Criminal Court.
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WORK: DEMOCRATIZE, DECOMMODIFY, REMEDIATE
Fri 22 May 2020Working humans are so much more than “resources.” This is one of the central lessons of the current crisis. Caring for the sick; delivering food, medication, and other essentials; clearing away our waste; stocking the shelves and running the registers in our grocery stores – the people who have kept life going through the COVID-19 pandemic are living proof that work cannot be reduced to a mere commodity.
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Iran: Details released of 304 deaths during protests six months after security forces’ killing spree
Fri 22 May 2020Amnesty International has released details of the deaths of 304 men, women and children killed by Iran’s security forces during last November’s ruthless crackdown, six months after the protests.
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Heavy sentences, return to prison for Baha’is in Iran despite health crisis
Wed 20 May 2020In a reprehensible move by the Iranian government, incidents of persecution against the Baha’is have increased despite already difficult circumstances endured by the entire population during a global health crisis.
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The Twilight of the Iranian Revolution
Mon 18 May 2020One night last December, the chief resident physician at a hospital in the Iranian city of Gorgan was asked to consult on a baffling case: a patient was racked with a mysterious virus, which was advancing rapidly through his body.
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Iranian Christians sent to jail, unable to afford bail
Sat 16 May 2020Four Iranian converts to Christianity have been sent to Lakan Prison in the northern city of Rasht, having been unable to afford the bail set for them.
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