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In a move to denounce the arbitrary incarceration of a Belgian aid worker in Iran, his niece locked herself in a cage in the western city of Tournai on Saturday. Olivier Vandecasteele was detained in 2022 on ...
Workers in Iran’s oil industry are continuing a strike over inadequate wage growth in several cities across the country, according to reports and videos sent to VOA. Following the increase in the inflation rate
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