Source: Iran International Female guards at a prison near Tehran have sexually assaulted the wife of a political prisoner under the guise of a “search” as state-sanctioned abuse in Iranian prisons continues, …
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Source: BBC World Service That day, pictures taken of her burning her hijab made her an icon in the eyes of Iran’s protestors and a target in the eyes of …
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Source: RFE/RL’s RadioFarda The lashes to Roya Heshmati’s body have triggered renewed condemnation of Iran’s harsh punishments against women for alleged crimes against “morality.” But the official reason for carrying …
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Source: RadioFarda A young woman who had set herself on fire to protest her possible indictment for trying to enter a sports stadium in Iran has died in …
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By Golnaz Esfandiari Source: RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Iranian human rights lawyer Guity Pourfazel wants to see change in her country and believes Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should step …
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