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ifmat - Women political prisoners start hunger strike over basic rights

Women political prisoners start hunger strike over basic rights

The prisoners, Sakineh Parvaneh, Soheila Hejab and Zeinab Jalalian have gone on hunger strike in the past days to protest the inhumane treatment of prison officials, unfair prison sentences, ...
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ifmat - Iran dials up persecution of its Bahai citizens

Iran dials up persecution of its Baha’i citizens

Even as the pandemic has yet to release its death grip on the world, the persecution of the Baha’is, a religious minority, has been dialled up in Iran this ...
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ifmat - Kylie Moore-Gilbert imprisoned in Iran was drugged and beaten after forming a protest choir

Kylie Moore-Gilbert imprisoned in Iran was drugged and beaten after forming a protest choir

A Cambridge-educated academic imprisoned in Iran was drugged and beaten after forming a protest choir with fellow inmates, it has been claimed.
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ifmat - Detained Iranian student contracted coronavirus in Evin Prison

Detained Iranian student contracted coronavirus in Evin Prison

A family member of Ali Younesi, an Iranian student detained in Tehran’s Evin Prison, said that his brother has contracted coronavirus while in solitary confinement.
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ifmat - Lawyer arrested in Iran after he criticized corruption by judges

Lawyer arrested in Iran after he criticized corruption by judges

The Islamic Republic intelligence agents arrested a prominent Iranian lawyer Ali Mojtahedzadeh on Monday, June 8, in Tehran, apparently for criticizing corruption at the Judiciary.
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ifmat - Iran lashes man 55 times for refusing to apologize to Friday Prayer Leader

Iran lashes man 55 times for refusing to apologize to Friday Prayer Leader

The Iranian regime flogged a man 55 times for allegedly insulting a Friday prayer leader and “refusing to apologize” to him.
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