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Sunni cleric slams sudden demolition of Tehran prayer house

Senior Iranian Sunni cleric Mowlana Abdolhamid has written to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and President c_250_150_16777215_00___images_molavi-abdolhamid-300x180.jpgHassan Rohani to protest the demolition of the Sunni prayer house in the Poonak neighbourhood of Tehran.

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Activist Nargress Mohammadi decries plight of mothers in prison

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Nargess Mohammadi, the prominent Iranian human rights defender and deputy director of the Human Rights Defenders Centre who has been in prison for over two months, has written a letter from Evin Prison revisiting eight years of motherhood in the light of her activism.

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Activist’s Mother Decries 14-Year Sentence for Her Daughter’s Peaceful Activities

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  Atena Daemi, a children’s rights and civil activist, was sentenced to 14 years in prison, receiving the combined maximum penalty for each of her atena211-e1434421288533.jpgcharges, as a result of her peaceful activism.

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Three Concerts Cancelled by Police and Judiciary despite Protests by Rouhani

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In his latest reaction to consecutive cancellations by the Iranian Police and the Judiciary of music concerts, President Hassan Rouhani condemned the cancellations and said such actions violate the people’s rights

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Activist Atena Farghdani handed heavy jail term

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 The lawyer for Iranian artist and children’s rights activist Atena Farghdani reports that his client, who faced three charges, has been sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.

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Khazali slams Rohani as ineffectual, raising false hope

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Mehdi Khazali, outspoken government critic and head of Hayan publications criticized Iranian president Hassan Rohani for “surrendering to the ruling faction” of the Islamic Republic and has called dr-mehdi-khazali-300x192.jpgon him to resign

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Lawyer and Client Accused of “Illegitimate Relations” for a Handshake in Prison

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Mohammad Moghimi was released from Rajaee Shahr Prison on bail of 20 million toman (approximately $60,000) on the afternoon of Wednesday, June Atena56789.jpg17, 2015.

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Minister announces persistence of ban on women in stadiums

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Iran’s interior minister says there has been no change to the ban on women entering stadiums to watch sports events and the prohibition will be Women-in-Stadiums-300x180.jpgenforced.

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Nationalist-Religious activist given heavy jail sentence

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Hossein Rafii, a Nationalist-Religious political activist, has been sentenced to six years in jail and he is barred from political and media activity for two years.

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Rights activist, Nargess Mohammadi arrested

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  Nargess Mohammadi, the deputy head of Iran’s Human Rights Defenders Centre, was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison on Tuesday May 5

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Women’s magazine shut down for reporting on ‘White Marriage’

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 Iran’s Press Supervisory Board has shut down Zanan Emrooz (Today’s Zanan-e-emrouz456789567.jpgWomen) magazine and filed a complaint against it in court

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