Middle East
130 media figures demand ‘release of all journalists’
In letter to judiciary head and parliament speaker Close to 130 Iranian journalists have called on the judiciary chief as well as the speaker of ……Read More
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Middle East
Journalist Mahsa Amrabadi summoned to serve out jail term
Iranian journalist Mahsa Amrabadi has been summoned to serve out a one-year prison term. She was summoned to the notorious Evin Prison on Tuesday, sources ……Read More
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Cartoonist sentenced to flogging for depicting MP
25 Lashes for drawing an official An Iranian cartoonist has been sentenced to flogging after depicting a member of parliament in a local publication. According ……Read More
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Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Gholamreza Khosravi
Rights group slams ‘unjust’ ruling Iran’s Supreme Court has approved a death sentence for Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani, a human rights group reported on Monday. Accordng ……Read More
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Arrest of Gonabadi dervishes continues in Kavar
Ongoing persecution of Sufis Iranian authorities have arrested another Gonabadi dervish in Fars Province, sources say. According to Majzoon Noor, a site affiliated with the Nematollah ……Read More
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‘You’ve set Iran ablaze’ former prisoner tells Chief Prosecutor
Dr Mohammad Maleki: ‘Springtime of liberty is near’ In a strongly-worded letter to Tehran’s Chief Prosecutor, retired university professor Mohammad Maleki has expressed his outrage ……Read More