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Sahar Khodayari, #TheBlueGirl

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An Iranian Woman Sacrifices Herself for Women’s Rights: Where Are Western Women’s Rights Activists?

September 17, 2019September 18, 2019 Editor 318 Views #TheBlueGirl, about-face, academia, Afghan, Alice Walker, anti colonial, anti-imperialism, anti-western, authoritarianism, Betty Friedan, blame America first, blasphemy, Buddhist monk, campaign, child psychiatrist, CodePINK, comrades, courtroom, cultural imperialism, cultures, Death to Oppression, democratic, doctrine, empowering, Empress Farah Pahlavi, Esteghlal FC, eulogy, European feminist politicians, Eve Ensler, feminists, football match, forced veiling, freedoms, gang rape, Gloria Steinem, hijab, Hillary Clinton, Homa Darabi, housewife, Imam Hossein, Instagram, Islamic rule, Kabul, Kate Millett, leftist, lipstick, Long Live Liberty, makeup, Marxist-Leninist, meek, mentally unstable, misogynist, morality police, Mullah judge, National Organization for Women, noncompliance, oppression of women, out-of-control, Parvin Darabi, postmodernist, pro-Khomeinist, pseudo-logic, psychologically, radical, Rage Against the Veil, reactionary, remain silent, Saba Kamali, Sahar Khodayari, School of Medicine, second-wave, self-immolation, Shah, Sharia laws, Shia establishment, Shia Imam, Simone de Beauvoir, Soccer, Solitary Confinement, South Vietnamese government, stadium, stagnant, Sweden, symbol of resistance, team color, Tehran University, The Blue Girl, The Netherlands, the region, to modernize, TV programs, violation, women’s rights are human rights

By Banafsheh Zand and Sophie Baron On September 9th, nine days after she set herself on fire in front

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Family Of Political Prisoner Killed In Iran Jail Demand Prosecution Of Officials

August 23, 2019 Editor 77 Views Ali Motahari, Alireza Shir Mohammad Ali, an eye for an eye, behind bars, blasphemy, common criminals, concentration camp, conscience, convictions, detention center, director-general, Evin Prison, Gholam Hossein Esmaeili, Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary (GTCP), Hamidreza Shoja'ei Zavareh, held accountable, inhumane, intelligence agents, intelligence issues, Iran Human Rights Monitor (IHRM), Judiciary, lawmaker, Living conditions, local news, Mohammad Hadi Erfanian, murderers, negligence, political issues, prisons, Propaganda, punish, qisas, regulations, retribution in-kind, Sharia Law, smugglers, spilled blood, State Prisons Organization, the capital, thieves, warden, wave of protests

Source: RadioFarda The relatives of a young Iranian prisoner murdered behind bars insist that officials should also be brought

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execution in Iran

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UN expert: Executions in Iran among the world’s highest

August 17, 2019October 4, 2019 Editor 116 Views anti-narcotics law, apostates, Arab Ahwazis, arbitrarily detained, arbitrary arrest, Azerbaijani Turks, Baluchis, BBC’s Persian service, blasphemy, child offenders, Civil Rights, compulsory hijab, corruption on earth, Death penalty, detention, diplomatic leverage, drug possession, drug-related offenses, dual nationals, fair trial, freedom of expression, General Assembly, harassed, homosexuality, House Churches, insult of the Prophet Muhammad, International Covenant, intimidated, Iranian-Austrian, Javaid Rehman, Kamran Ghaderi, Kurds, Lebanese businessman, medical care, Michelle Bachelet, Nasrin Sotoudeh, national security, Nizar Zakka, no evidence, non-Muslim, Political Rights, protesting, right to life, sham trials, Sunni minority, trade union activists, UN expert, US residency, victimization, waging war against God, wear veils

Source: AlArabiya The UN expert on human rights in Iran says last year saw increasing restrictions on the right to

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USCIRF Vice Chair Gayle Manchin Calls on Iran to Cease Harassment and Threats Against Prisoner of Conscience Mohammad Ali Taheri

July 18, 2019August 26, 2019 Editor 237 Views blasphemy, death sentences, Erfan Halgheh spiritual movement, female patients, freedom of religion, insulting Islamic sanctities, Iran’s Supreme Court, Mohammad Ali Taheri, Religious Prisoners of Conscience Project, spreading corruption on earth, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)

Source: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Commission

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Iran Labor Leaders To Stand Trial In Revolutionary Courts

March 21, 2019March 21, 2019 Editor 474 Views blasphemy, civil rights activist, Daily Kayhan, Esmaeil Bakhshi, espionage, Farzaneh Zilabi, Haft Tappeh, Haft-Tapeh, overthrow the government, protest rallies, public sector, Revolutionary Court, Shush, Smuggling, Social Security Organization, strike, Sugar Cane Complex, sugar mill plant, Trade Union, Workers, Workers Syndicate, workers’ social insurance coverage

Source: RadioFarda The trial of Esmaeil Bakhshi, Ali Nejati and other defendants arrested amid protests and strikes at the

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