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Iran carries out second public execution linked to anti-government protest
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to Iranian state television, protester Majidreza Rahnavard convicted for stabbing and killing two security agents, was hanged to death in public this morning in the city of Mashhad.
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Iran conducts first known execution over nationwide protests sparked by Am
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
As mass demonstrations continue in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini, the country has executed a man for injuring a paramilitary officer in the first protests-related execution on Thursday, CNN reported citing the state media.
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Iran abolishes 'morality police' after anti-government protests
Updated : 3 years, 3 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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Atleast 448 killed in Iran protests over Mahsa Amini's death: Rights group
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Iranian Security Forces have killed at least 448 people in a crackdown on protests held in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The protests began in mid-September and witnessed clashes, and killings of demonstrators in large numbers.
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Refusal to sing national anthem not a sign of anti-hijab protest, says Ira
Updated : 3 years, 3 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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Iran authorities bar Iranian filmmaker from coming to India for IFFI 2022:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Filmmaker Reza Dormishian has been barred by Iranian authorities from traveling to the International Film Festival of India in Goa, where "A Minor," a film he produced was due to play in the competition.
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India abstains on UN resolution to probe Iran's 'human rights violations'
Updated : 3 years, 3 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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UN rights body launches Iran human rights probe
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Council, meeting in a special session in response to the crisis that was sparked by the death in September in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, heard Turk criticise "the fortress mentality of those who wield power" in Iran.
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Iran is in a "full-fledged human rights crisis," says UN rights chief Turk
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Chief Volker Turk on Thursday said that a "full-fledged" crisis is underway in Iran amid a crackdown on protesters.
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Iran, India complete each other: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
India-Iran commercial ties were traditionally dominated by the Indian import of Iranian crude oil. In 2018-19 India imported USD 12.11 billion worth of crude oil from Iran. However, following the end of the Significant Reduction Exemption (SRE) period on May 2, 2019, India has suspended impo
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"Mahsa Amini was not killed, she passed away": Iranian deputy foreign mini
Updated : 3 years, 3 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, 3 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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