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Israelis remember Mahsa Amini with solidarity campaign for Iranian women
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
September 16 marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in Iran.
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Iran: Activists arrested ahead of Mahsa Amini's death anniversary
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Iran's Law enforcement forces apprehended 13 persons from Iran's Gilan province on charges related to "activities against national security," ahead of Mahsa Amini's death anniversary on September 16, Azizollah Maleki, the commander of Gilan's Law Enforcement Force said, Voice of America (VOA
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Iran forces women defying hijab laws into psychiatric treatment
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Many Iranian women have chosen to start showing their hair since the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 after being detained by Iran’s morality police for “improperly” wearing her headscarf. Iranian celebrities, athletes and actresses have followed suit in solidarity
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Iran proposes long jail terms, AI surveillance in harsh new hijab law
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Experts said the Bill, which has yet to be passed, was a reminder to Iranians that the regime will not back down from its stance on the hijab despite the country's enormous protests last year, according to CNN.
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Tehran turns clock back on hijab rules, continues to ban reformists from p
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Many reformist politicians in Iran are pondering whether to submit their candidacy in next February's elections since it is almost certain that the Guardian Council will disqualify their candidacies.
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Months after nationwide arrests, Iran’s ‘morality police’ returns with str
Updated : 2 years, 8 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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Two people, convicted of blasphemy, hanged in Iran as executions continue
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
As executions continue in Iran, two people, who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy were hanged on Monday, CNN reported citing news agency Mizan which is affiliated with Iran's judiciary.
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Sweden summons Iranian ambassador over execution of Habib Chaab
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Iran on Saturday executed a Swedish-Iranian dual national accused of spearheading a separatist group blamed by Tehran for a string of attacks in the country.
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Iran uses Artificial Intelligence for maximizing suppression: Experts
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Iran has experienced its most significant protests and anti-government demonstrations in decades following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who allegedly breached the country's hijab (headscarf) laws, Fox News reported.
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Jafar Panahi leaves Iran for first time in 14 years after travel ban lifts
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Saeedi on Tuesday night posted a picture on Instagram showing her arriving with her husband at an undisclosed airport, reported Variety.
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2 women attacked with yoghurt, arrested for not wearing hijab in Iran
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Meanwhile, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday that the hijab was the law in Iran. "The important matter is that today we have a legal mandate. The legal mandate makes it mandatory for everyone to follow the law," said Raisi.
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Imprisoned children in Iran suffer sexual violence, electric shocks: Amnes
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Citing a report by the Rights group Amnesty International, CNN reported that child detainees in Iran are facing severe torture and are facing sexual violence, flogging and electric shocks by the authorities in the country.
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