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Iranian jailed rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. Tehran: Media in Iran on Friday lambasted jailed rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, saying she had “collaborated with terrorist groups” and committed “anti-Iranian activities”. The 51-year-old journalist and activist has spent much of the past two decades…
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Undated, unlocated photo of Iranian rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi. | Photo Credit: Narges Mohammadi Foundation via AFP In 1998, Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi was jailed by the country’s theocratic authorities for the first time while protesting the rampant imprisonment of voices critical of the administration. In 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, while…
File picture of Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi | Photo Credit: via Reuters The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Iranian women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi will further encourage her struggle and the movement she leads, her husband told Reuters on Friday. “This Nobel Prize will embolden Narges’ fight for human rights, but…
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US President Biden recently said that the US will continue to stand with the “brave people of Ukraine. Washington: The US will transfer thousands of seized Iranian weapons and rounds of ammunition to Ukraine, CNN reported. US officials said the move aims to help alleviate some of the critical shortages facing the Ukrainian military as…
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In Shiite-dominated Iran, the term “takfiri” generally refers to jihadists. (Representational) Tehran: Iranian authorities have arrested 28 people linked to the Islamic State group for plotting to target Tehran during the anniversary of last year’s protests, the intelligence ministry said on Sunday. The protests erupted after the death in custody on September 16, 2022, of…
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US has accused Iran of providing Mohajer-6 drones to Russia Tehran: Iran on Friday paraded its military hardware on the anniversary of its 1980s war with Iraq, including “the longest-range drone in the world” along with ballistic and hypersonic missiles, Iranian state media said. They said the drone “was unveiled” in the parade, which was…
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Supporters of women’s rights in Iran raise signs with Mahsa Amini’s picture on the anniversary of her death during a protest outside the White House, in Washington, U.S., on September 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iranian women who flout the strict Islamic dress code mandating head coverings and modest clothing would face up to…
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Women hold placards during a global protest in solidarity with Iranian women in New York on September 16, 2023, on the first anniversary of the death of Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini in custody. | Photo Credit: AFP Gunmen opened fire on a group of paramilitary forces in southern Iran, killing one of them and wounding…
Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the Iran’s morality police last year. (File) The father of Mahsa Amini was briefly detained on Saturday, human rights groups said, amid a heavy security force presence on the first anniversary of his daughter’s death in Iranian police custody that sparked months of anti-government protests. Amjad Amini was…
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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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