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Iran: Woman Hanged at Shiraz Prison

iranhr.net – A woman was hanged at Shiraz city’s central prison (Adel-Abad Prison) on January 14. She was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder charges around three years ago. According to Iran Human Rights (IHR) sources, prisoner Maliheh Haji-Hosseini (29) was hanged at Shiraz city’s central prison (Adel-Abad Prison) on January 14, 2020. She was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for …

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Harmful Oil Bi-Product Used In Iranian Cities, Polluting The Air

radiofarda – The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Department of Environment (DoE) chief, Issa Kalantari has admitted that mazut, an environmentally harmful fuel is used for power stations in the country. Mazut is a heavy, low quality fuel oil with an obnoxious smell that highly pollutes the air. The cheap product is usually used in massive industrial plants and for ships. …

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Amnesty Says Security Agent Sexually Assaulted A Detained Female Protester In Iran

radiofarda – Amnesty International has received “shocking reports” about sexual assault of a woman, recently detained in Iran for participating in protests following the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane near the capital city, Tehran. Thousands of Iranians protested January 11-13 after the military belatedly admitted it had shot down the airliner “by mistake”. Security forces confronted the demonstrators with …

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As Victims’ Bodies Arrive In Kyiv, Tehran Clouds Plans For Flight PS752’s Black Boxes

rferl.org – The coffins of 11 Ukrainians killed when Iran’s military mistakenly shot down a passenger airliner after takeoff from Tehran international airport arrived in Kyiv on January 19 as new questions emerged over Iranian officials’ cooperation in ongoing investigations into the tragedy. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, and other senior Ukrainian officials participated in a solemn ceremony …

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U.K., France Cite Need For ‘Long-Term Framework’ After Tehran Warns It Could ‘Reconsider’ IAEA Cooperation

rferl.org – The influential speaker of Iran’s parliament has warned European powers against “for any reason” taking an “unfair” approach to the dispute mechanism in the 4-year-old nuclear deal that has been in the balance since a U.S. pullout in 2018. Tehran would “seriously reconsider our cooperation” with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as a result, the speaker, Ali …

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