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Nobel Peace Prize: Know who is Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian activist jail
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Mohammadi (51), who has been a defiant voice for women's rights in Iran, has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison and has been banned from seeing her husband and children.
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Months after nationwide arrests, Iran’s ‘morality police’ returns with str
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Months after the nationwide arrests that were carried out after the Anti-Hijab protests, Iran has relaunched patrols by the ‘morality police’ in a bid to escalate their efforts to enforce the country’s mandatory hijab rules, Al Jazeera reported.
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US religious freedom report alleges violations in China, Iran
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that most oppressive nations around the world are growing even more dire. "Governments in many parts of the world continue to target religious minorities using a host of methods, including torture, beatings, unlawful surveillance, and so-called re-educa
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US raises concern over human rights violations in China, Pakistan and Myan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The US in its "2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices," raised concern over human rights violations in China, Pakistan and Myanmar.
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Iran arrests prominent actress Taraneh Alidoosti for supporting anti-hijab
Updated : 3 years, 5 months 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 abolishes 'morality police' after anti-government protests
Updated : 3 years, 5 months 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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Refusal to sing national anthem not a sign of anti-hijab protest, says Ira
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
In an interview with ANI, Jebelli said, "All Iranians are free to express their opinions about different events in Iran or outside Iran but I don't think that Iranian players refusing to sing the national anthem was a sign of supporting the anti-hijab protest."
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India abstains on UN resolution to probe Iran's 'human rights violations'
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, United Nations Human Right Council said, "At its 35th special session, the @UN Human Rights Council decided to create a new fact-finding mission to investigate "alleged #HumanRightsViolations in the Islamic Republic of #Iran related to the protests that began on 16 Septemb
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Iranian football team players refused to sing their national anthem at FIF
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The Iranian football team players on Monday refused to sing their national anthem before their opening match against England on Monday at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, in apparent solidarity with protesters back home.
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Iranians protest 'Bloody Friday' security force crackdown as nationwide un
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Thousands of Iranians have protested in the nation's southeast to mark a September crackdown by security forces known as "Bloody Friday".
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10 people, including children killed in anti-hijab protest in Iran
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
At least 10 people, including children were killed on Friday crackdown against anti-hijab protest in Iran by Iranian security forces in the southeast of the country, reported CNN citing a human rights watchdog.
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Iran anti-hijab protest: 14, 000 arrested in last six weeks, says United N
Updated : 3 years, 6 months 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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