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Iranwire – An Iranian judge has sentenced a woman convicted of flouting the Islamic Republic’s mandatory headscarf rules to two years in prison. As an alternative sentence, she was offered to work for one month as a body washer at a Tehran morgue and pay a fine of 3.1 million tomans ($60). The inhumane ruling was handed down by Mohammad …

Iranwire – The United States has reportedly banned 14 Iraqi banks from conducting transactions in dollars in a crackdown on the siphoning of US currency to Iran. The ban was imposed by the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Wall Street Journal reported on July 19, citing U.S. officials. According to the report, the United States …

Iranwire – Iranian’s President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Africa kicked off amid utter confusion last week when his arrival at his first destination, Kenya, was overshadowed by protests over the high cost of living. On July 11, as the media descended on Kenya’s State House for a briefing on Raisi’s visit to the East African state, Hussein Mohamed, State House spokesperson, said …

Iranwire – A media outlet affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has published a video capturing the moment when a woman known for her opposition to mandatory headscarf rules was arrested. In the video published by Saberin News on July 19, several individuals in uniforms can be seen apprehending Leila Ziafar in her home in Tehran. The release …

Iranwire – The International Sports Press Association (AIPS) is “deeply concerned” about the situation of Iranian journalist Niloofar Hamedi, who has been behind bars for 10 months for her coverage of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody, a spokesperson says. “AIPS and the Sports Journalists Association of Iran (ISJA), have been actively engaged in addressing her case,” AIPS spokeswoman Azra …