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Iran’s footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani to face execution over anti-hijab protests: Report
Tehran: A 26-year-old Iranian football player Amir Nasr-Azadani is facing the threat of execution because of his association with the ongoing protests movement in the country following the death of Mahsa Amini.…
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Iran seals businesses of football star Ali Daei for supporting anti-hijab protests
Tehran: Iranian judiciary has sealed the businesses of football player Ali Daei for supporting the ongoing protests in the country, since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody. The orders were issued…
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Iranian state media, activists deny abolition of morality police
Iranian state-run al-Alam news channel and human rights activists on Sunday denied media reports claiming the abolition of the “morality police” in the country. On Sunday, several news outlets reported that the…
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Iranian bank manager fired for serving unveiled woman
Tehran: The Iranian authorities have fired a bank manager in Qom province, because of his service to a woman who did not wear the compulsory headscarf imposed in the country This comes at a…
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Iranian Prez says backing ‘terrorism’ not in West’s interests
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has slammed the US, France and a number of other European countries for “flagrantly supporting terrorists and rioters” in Iran, warning that backing terrorism is definitely not…
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Iran: Children’s death must stop as protest continues, says UNICEF
New York: Raising its concern over the death of children in the ongoing protest in Iran, the United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, said in a statement on Friday, that the reported deaths…
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Iranian protesters set fire to Ayatollah Khomeini’s house
Tehran: Iranian protesters have set fire to the ancestral house of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic. Images posted on social media show part of the structure in the city…
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United States imposes sanctions on senior Iran media officials
The administration of US President Joe Biden imposed sanctions on six senior employees of a the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the Iranian state-run media corporation. The US Treasury Department said in a…
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UN asks Iran to immediately release detained protestors
United Nations Human Rights Office called on the Iranian authorities to immediately release thousands of people detained for their participation in peaceful demonstrations. According to a statement published by the official website…
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Iran protests: 15 people shot dead on night of turmoil
Tehran: As many as 15 people have been shot dead in Iran, including members of the security forces and a nine-year-old boy, in separate incidents as the country experienced one of its…
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Amid Mahsa Amini protests, Iran dissidents mark deadly 2019 crackdown
Tehran: Even as protests continue across the country over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, Iranians on Tuesday went on strike in several cities, including the capital, Tehran, in commemoration of the…
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Iranian court issues first death sentence over anti-hijab protests
Tehran: As Iran enters its ninth week of public unrest following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, an Iranian court on Sunday issued the first death sentence to a protester over participation…
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Iran accuses the West of teaching protestors to make weapons, Molotov cocktails
Tehran: With the wave of anti-government protests sweeping Iran, the Iranian Foreign Minister accused a number of Western countries of spreading violence in Iran, by teaching protesters to make weapons and Molotov cocktails,…
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Iran’s Jamie Oliver, 19-yr-old chef beaten to death amid hijab protests
Tehran: A 19-year-old Iranian celebrity chef Mehrshad Shahidi, also known as ‘Jamie Oliver of Iran’, was beaten to death during an ongoing hijab protest in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish…
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India strongly condemns terror attack at Shia shrine in Iran
New Delhi: India on Saturday strongly condemned the terror attack at the Shah-e-Cherag shrine in Shiraz, Iran. “We extend our deep condolences to the families of the victims and the people of…
