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Protect the Protest: Women human rights defenders and activists at risk of execution in Iran
Source: Amnesty International Kurdish humanitarian aid worker Pakhshan Azizi, Kurdish dissident Verisheh Moradiand and human rights defender Sharifeh Mohammadi are the only known women facing execution after convictions for politically-motivated …
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The leading star of Oscar-nominated film who’s facing 74 lashes and prison in Iran: Soheila Golestani is on trial for her part in The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Source: The Daily Mail By MARIA CHIORANDO Tonight will see Hollywood’s biggest names take to the red carpet as they attend the industry’s most prestigious awards ceremony – the Oscars. However, an …
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French-Iranian filmmaker Emily Atef to direct film on last empress of Iran Farah Pahlavi
Source: MSN Washington [US], February 28 (ANI): French-Iranian filmmaker Emily Atef, who is known for projects like ‘3 Days in Quiberon‘, ‘More Than Ever‘, has been tapped in to direct an …
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Female singer arrested during live performance in Tehran
Source: Iran International Iranian female singer Hiva Seyfizadeh was arrested during a live performance in Tehran on Thursday night after security forces raided the venue, whose audience included both men …
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Five-year-old killed by security forces in Iran’s restive southeast
Source: Iran International A five-year-old was killed and his mother lost her unborn child when Iran’s security forces opened fire on the family’s vehicle in the country’s turbulent province of …
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‘Repentance room’ in Tehran metro station fans flames of hijab war
Source: Iran International A new high-tech public art display at a Tehran metro station aimed at cajoling women into wearing hijabs has been met with scorn by some Iranians describing …
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Woman Burned to Death in Car by Husband in Northern Iran After Seeking Divorce
Source: IranWire A 40-year-old woman was burned to death in her car by her husband in Rezvanshahr, northern Iran, after seeking a divorce, according to the human rights news outlet Hirkani. …
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Lawyers in Iran demand immediate halt to death sentences of three female political prisoners
Source: Kurdistan Human Rights Network More than 200 lawyers in Iran have issued a joint statement calling on the head of the country’s judiciary to halt the executions of Pakhshan …
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