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Rapper Toomaj Salehi arrested in Iran
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A previously detained Iranian rapper, Toomaj Salehi has been rearrested in northern Iran on Thursday, less than two weeks after his release from prison, according to CNN citing his official social media channel.
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"Surrender to terrorism": Israel on Bolivia's decision to cut diplomatic t
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Israel has called the decision of Bolivia to cut diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv over the Hamas war a "surrender to terrorism".
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"US had troops in region since 9/11...": Biden denies Iran supreme leader'
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Responding to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, accusing the US of "directing" the ongoing Israeli strikes in Gaza, followimg the October 7 Hamas terror attacks, President Joe Biden said the US has had troops in the region since 9/11 to go after ISIS, and it had nothing to do
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Israel's Zionist regime has suffered "irrevocable defeat", says Iran Supre
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Iranian leader however said that Tehran was not involved in the Saturday attack by Hamas on Israel.
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"Proud operation": Advisor to Iran Supreme Leader supports Hamas rocket at
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A senior advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has expressed support for the 'surprise attack' launched by Hamas against Israel calling it a "proud operation", The Times of Israel reported.
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Schoolgirl poisonings: Iran arrests more than 100 people
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Iran has seen a wave of suspected poisonings, carried out almost entirely at girls' schools, in recent months. The first known incident of schoolgirl poisoning occurred on November 30 in the city of Qom, when about 50 students fell ill and were taken to the hospital.
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Iran sentences three more protesters to death, amid global outrage
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid the global unrest over the civil unrest triggered by Mahsa Amini's death, the Iranian judiciary on Monday handed down three more death sentences, reported France24.
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Iran summons French ambassador over insulting' cartoons depicting supreme
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"The insulting and indecent act of a French publication in publishing cartoons against the religious and political authority will not go without an effective and decisive response," tweeted Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
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UNICEF concerned over children's death in ongoing protest in Iran
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
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 of children at anti-government protests "must stop."
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Iran-state TV hacked by anti-government protesters
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], October 9 (ANI): Iran's state-run television was hacked by protesters on Saturday during a live broadcast, disrupting coverage to display an anti-government message amid ongoing unrest across the country.
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Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei blames US for protests over death of Mahsa Amini
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], October 3 (ANI): Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has blamed the United States for the ongoing protest in the country, following the death of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly violating strict dress code.
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Iran's supreme leader Khamenei's health issues raise succession bogey
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 25 (ANI): Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made his first public appearance last week since falling ill earlier this month, however, it has now triggered fresh rumours about Khamenei's ill health prompting a round of questions about who might eventually s
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