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Jailed Rapper Tortured, Forced into Psychiatric Center After Demanding Justice

CHRI – The forced psychiatric hospitalization of jailed rapper Saman Yasin in Iran shortly after he demanded due process and justice for his case highlights the Iranian government’s continued weaponization of medical treatment in order to suppress dissent, in flagrant violation of international and Iranian law. Yasin was also previously tortured to force him to confess to a crime, according …

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Iran shuts down biggest e-com company after female employees seen without hijab

Al-Arabia – Iranian authorities have shut down one of the offices of the country’s biggest e-commerce company and launched judicial procedures after it published pictures online showing female employees not wearing the mandatory headscarf, semi-official media reported. The move appears to be part of a new campaign launched last week to impose the Islamic dress code nearly a year after the morality …

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Iran Bans Film Festival Over Poster Of Actress Without Hijab

RFL/RE – Iranian authorities have banned a film festival that put out a publicity poster featuring an actress who was not wearing a hijab, state media reported on July 23. The ban comes after the Iranian Short Film Association (ISFA) released a poster for its Short Film Festival featuring Iranian actress Susan Taslimi in the 1982 film The Death Of …

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Mohammadi: “Tyrannical” Theocracy Uses Forced Hijab to Suppress Women

Iranwire – Jailed human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has responded to a new round of pressure by the government of the Islamic Republic to impose mandatory hijab on women, calling it a conspiracy by the country’s theocracy to subjugate women. “Contrary to claims by the theocracy, covering women’s hair was not meant to ‘protect women’s dignity’ and ‘control men’s sexual …

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Iran Begins Military Drill as US Sends More Fighter Planes to Region

VOA – Iran on Sunday began an annual air force drill in the central part of the country, state media reported, as the United States sends more fighter planes to the region to deter the Islamic Republic from seizing commercial vessels in the Persian Gulf area. The official IRNA news agency said 11 Iranian air force bases participated in the …

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