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A court in Iran has slapped imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi with an additional sentence of 15 months for allegedly spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic, her family said Monday. CBC | World News
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Iranian journalists released on bail after 17 months in prison for coverage of Mahsa Amini’s death
Niloufar Hamedi, who broke the news of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini’s death in 2022 while in police custody for wearing her headscarf too loose, and Elaheh Mohammadi, who wrote about Amini’s funeral, were sentenced to seven and six years in prison, respectively, on charges including collaborating with the U.S. government. CBC | World News
Read More »Explosions kill more than 100 at event honouring Iranian general slain by U.S.
Two explosions minutes apart in Iran targeted a commemoration for a prominent general slain in a U.S. drone strike in 2020, killing at least 103 people and wounding at least 141 others as the Middle East remains on edge over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. CBC | World News
Read More »Dozens of Iranian regime officials denied entry to Canada, says border agency
The Canada Border Services Agency has denied entry to dozens of senior Iranian regime officials and is investigating about 100 people with status in Canada for potential ties to the regime in Tehran. CBC | World News
Read More »Canadian Iranian activist says Iran won’t let his parents leave the country
Canadian Iranian human rights activist Hamed Esmaeilion — who lost his wife and child in the destruction of Flight PS752 by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — says his parents have now been banned from leaving Iran, despite their permanent resident status in Canada. CBC | World News
Read More »Prominent Iranian rapper Toomaj arrested again by regime forces, his whereabouts unknown
Prominent Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, an outspoken critic of the Iranian regime, has been arrested again less than two weeks after being freed on bail, after spending more than a year in prison, according to a close confidante. CBC | World News
Read More »United States strikes two sites in Syria believed to be used by Iranian troops
The US says it is in response to “Iran-affiliated attacks” on US personnel in Syria and Iraq Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Jailed Iranian Nobel winner on hunger strike after being denied medical care for not wearing hijab
Narges Mohammadi refuses to wear a hijab, even if it means prison officials won’t take her to the hospital for urgently needed medical treatment. Now the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner is on hunger strike. CBC | World News
Read More »Mystery injury turns fatal for Iranian teen not wearing headscarf on subway, says state media
An Iranian teenage girl injured weeks ago on Tehran’s Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died, Iranian state media reported Saturday. CBC | World News
Read More »Police warn Iranian operatives are hi-jacking pro-Palestinian protests
It comes as a rally supporting Palestine is expected to attract around 100,000 people in London on Saturday Daily Express :: News Feed
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