Three female journalists have been arrested by Iranian authorities in the last two days, stated the local media on Monday, amid continued protests against the government after the death of Mahsa Amini in judicial custody. Violent protests have gripped Iran since the 22-year-old Iranian Kurd died on September 16 after she was arrested by the […]
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An Iranian man- Sajjad Heidarnava who beheaded his 17-year-old wife Mona Heidari in February last year, has been jailed for over eight years, the judiciary said on Wednesday (Wednesday 18). Speaking to reporters, judiciary spokesperson Massoud Setayeshi said that Heydari has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for murder and eight […]
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Alireza Akbari, the British-Iranian dual national and former Iranian deputy defence minister was executed by Tehran on Saturday, reported Iran’s judiciary’s Mizan news agency. This comes after he was accused of “spying” for Britain and was hanged after being convicted of “corruption on Earth” and acting against national security, reported Al Jazeera citing the judiciary’s […]
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Iranian judiciary’s Mizan news agency said on Saturday (January 14) that British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari had been executed. He was handed death sentence on charges of spying for Britain. British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly had sounded a warning on Friday against Akbari’s execution. Cleverly had termed Akbari’s death sentence to be politically motivated and had […]
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After being found guilty of espionage for the United Kingdom, Iran has sentenced a former top defence officer Ali Reza Akbari to death, state-affiliated media reported on Wednesday. As per reports from the semi-official Tasnim news agency, the judiciary declared Ali Reza Akbari, who served as deputy defence minister until 2001, to be a “key spy” for British intelligence. […]
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Sepideh Qolian, on of Iran’s most prominent women activist has described the torture and interrogation that has been taking place in Iran’s notorious Evin prison. BBC reported that Qolian has written a letter from inside the jail. She is serving a five-year jail sentence handed in 2018 for what the courts termed actions ‘against national […]
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A 32-year-old Iranian man was arrested in western Germany on suspicion of planning an attack with deadly chemicals, according to police officials on Sunday (January 8). An official statement said the police officers searched a residence in the Castrop-Rauxel town for “toxic substances” intended to carry out an attack. Several days back, authorities were tipped […]
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A single Iranian drone shot down in Ukraine has been found to be containing parts manufactured by more than dozen American companies, reported CNN citing an assessment made by Ukranian intelligence. The report said that out of 52 components obtained from the Iranian drone, 40 were found to be manufactured by American companies. The rest […]
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Iran has issued a warning to France after controversial magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons depicting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei which Tehran deemed insulting. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian took to Twitter to post a message where he cautioned of a decisive response. “The insulting and indecent act of a French publication in publishing cartoons […]
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Having already executed two protesters connected with the ongoing anti-Hijab protests, the Iranian judiciary on Monday confirmed the death sentence of another man accused of violence during the protests. “Mohammad Boroghani’s death sentence was upheld on December 6 by the Supreme Court,” reported the judiciary’s Mizan Online website. Read more: As Iran’s anti-hijab protests cross […]
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