A US-based human rights network, HRANA, reported on Friday that an Iranian shop owner has been sentenced to two years in prison for posting pictures without a headscarf. Trojan News reports that Zeinab Khenyab was earlier found guilty in December of “propaganda against the state” in another instance, the network claims, and she …
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THE U.S. military carried out strikes on three sites used by Iran-backed forces in Iraq on Dec. 25 after an attack wounded American personnel earlier that day, Austin has said. The U.S. military has launched strikes on three installations in Iraq targeting what it said was a terrorist group backed by …
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Tehran on Friday threatened retaliation following the death of an Iranian revolutionary guard in Syria by a suspected Israeli air strike. Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported that the Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) military adviser was killed on Friday morning near the Syrian capital Damascus. It was the second Israeli airstrike …
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IRAN on Saturday executed former top defence official and dual British national, Alireza Akbari, who was accused of spying for United Kingdom intelligence, the judiciary reported. Akbari was executed after being sentenced to death for “corruption on earth and harming the country’s internal and external security by passing on intelligence”, …
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The world union of professional footballers FIFPRO said it was “shocked and sickened” by the risk of Iranian footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani being sentenced to death in connection with protests which have shaken the country for three months. Nasr-Azadani was arrested in the city of Isfahan two days after allegedly taking …
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Iran has rejected a newly appointed sovereign United Nations investigation into the country’s anti-government protests which are fast degenerating into revolt and repression by the government. The rejection was made known by the foreign ministry’s spokesperson Nasser Kanaani on Monday, according to Reuters. “Iran will have no cooperation with the …
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TALIBAN forces fired shots into the air on Thursday to disperse a women’s rally supporting protests in Iran over the death of a woman in the custody of morality police. Deadly protests have erupted in neighbouring Iran for the past two weeks, following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while …
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IRAN restricted Internet access, Thursday, after days of protests and unrest that have claimed at least 17 lives, following the death of a young woman in the custody of the morality police. Public anger has flared in the Islamic republic over the death last week of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who …
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IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL: Iran inches closer to nuclear deal as Western officials suggest progress made at reviving 2015 accord with world powers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4S-6Jeux8I Iran’s foreign minister said on Friday he was prepared to go to Vienna “immediately” to sign a deal with the US to revive the 2015 nuclear accord, …
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a stark warning against China and Russia on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, urging Western allies to defend hard-won freedoms. “Western, free nations have a responsibility to deter threats to our people” from governments like …
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