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Iranwire – For the first time since the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, a country launched this week an attack on Iranian soil. While the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader and president have remained silent, the Iranian authorities are carefully using terms such as “occurrence” and “explosion” when addressing the matter.  The Pakistani airstrikes on Iranian soil, however, mark a pivotal moment and are poised to alter …

Iranwire – The authorities in Iran have sentenced Gelaleh Watandoost, a Kurdish lawyer and women’s rights activist, to six years, seven months and 20 days in prison. The sentence was handed down by the First Branch of Sanandaj Revolutionary Court, in the western province of Kurdistan. Watandoost was tried in September last year on charges including “propaganda activities against the …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities say they have arrested “key individuals” involved in the planning and execution of a deadly bombing attack earlier this month. Those arrested included leaders and operatives of the Sunni extremist group Islamic State (IS), as well as “nationals of multiple countries,” the Ministry of Intelligence said in a statement on January 19. Among them is Mohammad …

Iranwire – The trial of four defendants accused of involvement in the killing of Iranian cinematographer Dariush Mehrjui and his wife Vahideh Mohammadifar concluded after just two hearings. The chief justice of Alborz province made the announcement on January 19, two days after the trial’s opening at the First Branch of Alborz Criminal Court. Journalists were not allowed into the …

Iranwire – When we talk about acid attacks in Iran, many names come to mind, most of them women who were targeted by angry men in their community, perhaps even by someone in their family. They were disfigured forever and, in many cases, lost their eyesight. One of these women, however, refused to surrender to the misery that the attackers …