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Iranian Actress Reportedly Arrested over Online Posts

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have arrested actress Shohreh Qamar over content she posted on her Instagram page, local media report. The judiciary-affiliated Mizan news agency announced on July 26 that the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office has filed a legal case against Qamar over content that “spread psychological insecurity in society.” Hours later, Fars and Tasnim news agencies, known for their proximity …

Iranwire – Iranian women athletes who participated in last year’s nationwide protests or took stands against the Islamic Republic’s compulsory headscarf rules have been forced to back down from their beliefs under the pressure of the Ministry of Sports and Youth as well as the security and intelligence agencies, IranWire has learned. Through interviews with relatives of several athletes and …

Iranwire – The second and final hearing in the high-profile trial of Iranian journalist Elahe Mohammadi took place on July 26, with the defendant denying the charges against her, her husband says. “The hearing concluded with the final defense. Elahe strongly denied all the charges, and we are hopeful that her clear defense presented in court will be duly considered,” …

VOA – A group of families who lost relatives when Iran shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane in 2020 tells VOA the four nations that initiated international legal action in the case this month have not supported their request for a separate global probe. In September, the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims asked the International Criminal Court prosecutor’s …

VOA – Bolivia is interested in obtaining Iranian drone technology to protect its borders and combat smuggling and drug trafficking, the Andean country’s defense minister confirmed Tuesday, a day after Argentina demanded information on an agreement reached by Iran and Bolivia that has raised security concerns in the region. Edmundo Novillo dismissed those concerns, saying they were “exaggerated” and came …

iranintl – High-ranking officials from the US treasury will travel to Singapore and Malaysia n…

iranintl – Just over two weeks have passed since Israel conducted its surgical strike against …

iranintl – Israel is building a “cyber dome” to counter online threats, in particu…

iranintl – Since the Mahsa protests, Iran’s courts have prosecuted dozens of individuals…

iranintl – US lawmakers Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine) urged the Biden ad…

iranintl – Despite recent public outcry and opposition to the construction of a mosque in one …

Iranwire – On Wednesday, the judiciary of the Islamic Republic executed Anwar Khezri, a Kurdis…

Iranwire – The start of a new crackdown on women in Iran and the deployment of morality police…

Iranwire – Saeed Mousanejad, a master’s student entering his first year at Tehran Univer…

gatestoneinstitute.org – Never before have sanctions been so ostentatiously disregarded withou…

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Nasir Hariri, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for …

Al-Arabia – The US said on Thursday that it was “very close” to reaching an agreement on the b…

iranintl – Iran is one of the world’s largest jailers of journalists, cementing itself a…

iranintl – In a bid to deny the latest revelations about the state murder of teenager Nika Sha…

iranintl – Israel carried out an airstrike on a target near Damascus Thursday night, in what s…

iranintl – A former Iranian regime operative and ideologue, currently residing in Canada, has …

iranintl – On Teacher’s Day, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic often boasts tha…

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s judiciary executed at least 63 prisoners over the past…

Iranwire – Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh began a hunger strike in Evin Prison on…

Iranwire – The president of Iran’s Shahid Beheshti University, Mahmoud Aghamiri, announc…

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