Source: Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Iran has been in the throes of nationwide anti-government protests since the September 16, 2022 killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Jina Amini for …
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Opinion by Masih Alinejad Source: The Washington Post On Tuesday, the Taliban held a news conference in Kabul. Its spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, bent over backward to reassure the international community of the group’s …
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By Golnaz Esfandiari Source: RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty (RFE/RL) Human rights defender Narges Mohammadi says Iranian prison authorities use sexual abuse and harassment systematically to break the will of incarcerated women — and that …
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Source: RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty (RFE/RL) By: Golnaz Esfandiari Despite being repeatedly threatened by Iran’s security apparatus, harassed, sent to prison multiple times, and prevented from seeing her children, the authorities have failed …
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On Wednesday, February 17th, as Zahra Esmaili was waiting her turn to be hanged in Gohardasht prison, she suffered a massive coronary and died. According to Omid Moradi, her lawyer, …
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Source: RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty (RFE/RL) Iran has released Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist who campaigned against the death penalty. Mohammadi, arrested in May 2015, was freed late on October 7 …
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By Jeremy Wiener and Daniel Hornstein Source: Globe and Mail “I realize they had arrested me for my work on human rights[…], still, I will not be silenced,” Nasrin Sotoudeh …
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By Golnaz Esfandiari Source: RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Iranian human rights lawyer Guity Pourfazel wants to see change in her country and believes Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should step …
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