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Iranwire – Authorities in Tehran have put up banners in the streets showing what officials described as the Islamic Republic’s first domestically produced hypersonic ballistic missile and with Arabic and Hebrew captions reading “400 seconds…to Tel Aviv.”  The banners appeared in the Iranian capital after commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) unveiled a new missile named Fattah, or …

Iranwire – She is one of the thousands of Iranians who were arrested during last year’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests and held for an extended period of time in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison. In an interview with IranWire, she described the dehumanizing body searches that the protesters were subjected to in Ward 209. This young woman, who wished not to …

Iranwire – The Criminal Court of Tehran has handed down a 10-day prison sentence to renowned Iranian actor Shaghayegh Dehghan for “appearing in public streets without wearing a religious hijab,” or headscarf. Dehghan chose to pay a fine of 15 million rials ($30) instead of serving the prison term. Her lawyer, Kaveh Rad, said that the case was initiated by …

Iranwire – Nahid Taghavi, a 68-year-old German-Iranian national who has been arbitrarily detained in Tehran’s Evin prison for nearly 20 months has severe medical conditions that are putting her life in danger. A fellow inmate, prominent rights activist Narges Mohammadi, on June 4 raised alarm over Taghavi’s fate, saying the prisoner of conscience suffers excruciating pain and can “barely get …

Iranwire – A large crowd of mourners attended the funeral of Mansureh Sagvand, a former member of Iran’s police force who resigned in protest against the suppression of protesters. The ceremony took place on June 6 in the village of Rig Sefid, near the western city of Khorramabad, amid widespread reactions among Iranian social media users regarding her suspicious death. …