Iran Has Far More Coronavirus Cases Than It Is Letting On
Mon 09 Mar 2020The surprising number of Iranian government officials succumbing to COVID-19 offers a hint that the disease is far more widespread than the official statistics indicate.
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Iran: At least 23 children killed by security forces in November protests – new evidence
Sun 08 Mar 2020An investigation by Amnesty International has uncovered evidence that at least 23 children were killed by Iranian security forces in the nationwide protests in November last year.
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Women
The Flame of Feminism Is Alive in Iran
Sun 08 Mar 2020The revolution that swept through Iran 40 years ago ruptured all diplomatic ties between Iran and the United States. This we know all too well. But another bond, one between Iranian feminists and their American counterparts, was also ruptured, which, unlike the other, occurred in virtual anonymity.
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Jailed Iranian Activist Nasrin Sotoudeh Writes a Plea for Peace on International Women's Day
Sat 07 Mar 2020One afternoon, on a late spring day in 2018, a group of officers from the Iranian Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Intelligence came and arrested me while I was home alone.
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The tragedy of Flight 752
Sat 29 Feb 2020On January 8, with the crash of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 just after takeoff from Tehran, Canada suffered a loss that was of a magnitude not experienced for many decades. Initially called an “aviation accident” by the Iranian authorities, it was subsequently revealed to be a missile attack that took the lives of 57 Canadians along with an additional 100 or so individuals who had ties to Canada. The country was in shock, grieving and angry.
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Iran concealing coronavirus figures, blocking independent reporting
Sat 29 Feb 2020According to Iranian official reports today, the coronavirus epidemic has killed 15 people and infected a total of 95 in the Islamic Republic, which seems to be concealing information about the epidemic in line with China’s example. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns Iran’s persecution of media outlets and journalists publishing independent information.
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Women
Jailed French academic Adelkhah hospitalised in Iran: lawyer
Sat 29 Feb 2020French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, jailed in Iran since last year, has been transferred to a prison hospital after her health deteriorated following a hunger strike, her lawyer said Tuesday.
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I thought the Iranian Revolution would bring freedom. I was wrong.
Fri 28 Feb 2020I write this letter to my daughters and their generation, 41 years after a revolution that my generation helped to bring about. I hope you forgive us for the mistake we made. Although we did not intend it, we have darkened your world.
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Iranian prisoners fear transfer to ward that held coronavirus victim
Thu 27 Feb 2020Prisoners in Iran’s Evin prison, including a British-Iranian dual national, are protesting against plans for them to be transferred to a ward that they believe previously held a coronavirus victim.
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The hand of Iran can be seen in the persecution of 24 Yemeni Baha’is
Thu 27 Feb 2020When a major storm knocked out our electricity for a few hours recently in Charlotte, North Carolina, where I live with my family, I posted a brief complaint on Facebook. A few friends extended their sympathy for my minor misfortune, but none struck me as hard as one friend in Yemen, which has been wracked for years by a brutal civil war. He mentioned, without intending to provoke the guilt I suddenly felt, that his family has been without power for more than three years.
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