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Iranian Morality Police Unit Disciplined After Video Of Sick Girl’s Arrest For Hijab Violation Goes Viral

rferl.org – The Tehran Police Department has announced disciplinary action against a police team that arrested a girl for disregarding mandatory hijab rules even as her mother pleaded with them to release her child because she was sick. A video of the arrest by a morality police unit went viral on social networks on July 19, sparking angry reactions as …

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Homeless families on the rise in Iran

iran-hrm – The multifold increase in prices, unemployment, and the exponential growth of rent, along with social problems such as addiction, has aggravated the risk of families becoming homeless. Ali Heidari, the Director of Iran’s Ending Homelessness Institute, warned that the phenomenon of homelessness has a direct relationship with the economic situation of families. “We are moving from the phenomenon …

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Iranian Judiciary Says Filmmaker Panahi Must Serve Six-Year Sentence For Supporting Protests

rferl.org – A court in Tehran says acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi must serve a six-year sentence he was handed more than a decade ago for supporting anti-government demonstrations. “Panahi was sentenced in 2010 to a total of six years in prison…and therefore he was entered into the Evin detention center to serve his sentence,” judiciary spokesman Masud Setayeshi told …

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Putin Holds Meetings In Tehran With Iranian, Turkish Leaders

rferl.org – Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pose for a photo prior to their talks at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran on July 19. Iran’s supreme leader voiced strong backing for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s war in Ukraine, accusing Western countries of opposing an “independent and strong” Russia. Ayatollah …

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News Digest about Baha’is and Christians in June 2022

Baha’isFardin Qamsari begins a 1-year sentence in TehranHrana / Sens Daily (30.06.2022) – On June 18, Fardin Nadaafeyaan Qamsari was summoned to Evin Prison in Tehran to begin a one-year sentence. His arrest, in October 2019, and sentencing were not previously reported on Sen’s Daily. In October 2019, a Revolutionary Court headed by a notorious abuser of human rights, Judge Moqayeseh who was also …

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