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What Has Changed In Iran One Year Since Mahsa Amini’s Death In Police Custody

September 16, 2023 admin

Iran saw widespread protests after the death of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini Tehran: Iran’s rulers have intensified a clampdown on dissent one year since the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini sparked protests that spiralled into some of the worst political turmoil since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. How protests erupted in Iran after…

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Mahsa Amini’s death anniversary | Biden announces more Iran sanctions

September 16, 2023 admin

Mahsa Amini’s death set off protests in dozens of cities across the country of 80 million people, with young women marching in the streets and publicly exposing and cutting off their hair September 16, 2023 11:08 am | Updated 11:59 am IST – WASHINGTON A photo of Mahsa Amini is pictured at a condolence meeting….

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Iran Arrests Mahsa Amini Uncle Ahead Of Death Anniversary: Reports

September 6, 2023 admin

Iran saw months of protests after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody in September 2022. Paris: Iranian authorities on Tuesday arrested an uncle of Mahsa Amini, the young Iranian Kurdish woman who died in custody sparking months of protests, just ahead of the first anniversary of her death, reports said on Tuesday. Safa Aeli,…

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Iran sentences two women journalists to jail time

September 3, 2023 admin

Two female Iranian journalists will spend around a month behind bars as part of a three-year partly suspended prison sentence for “conspiracy” and “collusion”, local media reported on Sunday. Under the sentence, Negin Bagheri and Elnaz Mohammadi will serve one-fortieth of the term, or less than a month, in prison, their lawyer Amir Raisian told…

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