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Iranian woman arrested for $700 currency swap fraud at Delhi IGI airport
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Iranian national Fatemah Akbari was arrested at Delhi's IGI Airport for duping a US citizen of $700 using a fake currency swap. Her husband fled. Police are investigating their involvement in multiple fraud cases and working to trace their network.
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On Mahsa Amini's death anniversary, her father detained by Iranian authori
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Even as Saturday marked the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, a progressive Iranian woman who stood up against the draconian Hijab rule and whose alleged custodial death sparked furious protests, the Iranian authorities detained her father, CNN reported citing Iranian jo
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Year-ender 2022: How a 'custodial death' took women to war against Iran's
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The alleged custodial death of 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, who had come visiting her brother in Tehran on September 13, 2022, fell in the crosshairs of the country's so-called morality police instead. She was arrested, allegedly for wearing her hijab (headscarf) loosely, at the po
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"Mahsa Amini was not killed, she passed away": Iranian deputy foreign mini
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Iran is facing one of the biggest shows of dissent in recent history following the death in September of the Kurdish-Iranian woman detained by the morality police allegedly for not wearing her hijab properly, according to media reports.
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West creating "baseless and fallacious" atmosphere: Iran Minister on Mahsa
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Islamic Republic is facing one of the biggest shows of dissent in recent history following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman detained by the morality police allegedly for not wearing her hijab properly, according to media reports.
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EU imposes fresh sanctions on Iran over protest crackdown
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The death of the 22-year-old Iranian woman made international headlines in October and triggered fierce protests across Iran, killing scores of people.
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Woman whose video of tying her unscarved hair back to join protest over Am
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 26 (ANI): Hadis Najafi, a young Iranian woman, whose video of tying her unscarved hair back and boldly stepping into the middle of a protest went viral, was allegedly shot dead in the country, according to reports.
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Iranian woman kills self after being denied entry to football stadium
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept 11 (ANI): Iranian woman, Sahar Khodayari, who was denied entry to football stadium has passed away after setting herself on fire, human rights organisation Amnesty International confirmed.
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British-Iranian woman ends hunger strike after 15 days in Tehran prison
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 30 (ANI): Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran for alleged sedition charges, has ended her hunger strike after 15 days.
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