by admin | Apr 26, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] TEHRAN: An Iranian court has sentenced to death a popular rapper jailed for more than a year and a half for supporting nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death, local media reported Wednesday.”Branch 1 of Isfahan Revolutionary Court…... by admin | Feb 23, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] Candidates for Iran’s parliament began campaigning Thursday in the country’s first election since the bloody crackdown on the 2022 nationwide protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody.State television said 15,200...
by admin | Feb 22, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] On Wednesday, the Guardian Council election watchdog sent the names of the 15,200 qualified candidates to the interior ministry, which holds the election. Any candidate for elections in Iran must be approved by the Council, a 12-member clerical body, half of...
by admin | Oct 22, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] By AFP TEHRAN: Two female Iranian journalists arrested for reporting on the death of Masha Amini, which sparked nationwide protests last year, have been sentenced to up to seven years in prison, the judiciary said Sunday. Amini’s death in custody on...
by admin | Sep 16, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] By AFP Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died a few days after her arrest by religious police for allegedly violating the strict dress code for women in force since shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Her family says she died from a blow to the head but...