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Iran Protest: Risking revival of unrest, Iran rulers tighten curbs on dissent | World News
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Iran Protest: Risking revival of unrest, Iran rulers tighten curbs on dissent | World News

DUBAI: Iran’s clerical rulers are clamping down on dissent ahead of the anniversary of the death of a young woman in morality police custody, fearing…

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Iran morality police back on streets to enforce hijab
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Iran morality police back on streets to enforce hijab

DUBAI: Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf and morality police returned to the streets 10…

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Iran: Iran executes 354 people in first half of 2023: Rights group
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Iran: Iran executes 354 people in first half of 2023: Rights group

PARIS: Iran has hanged at least 354 people in the first six months of 2023, a rights group said Monday, adding that the pace of…

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Iran: Iran executions in May highest since 2015: rights group
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Iran: Iran executions in May highest since 2015: rights group

PARIS: Iran has executed over 300 people this year, with the rate in May during the current surge in hangings the hightest monthly figure in…

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Iran hangs three convicted drug traffickers
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Iran hangs three convicted drug traffickers

TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday executed three men convicted on drug trafficking charges, the judiciary said, the latest of hundreds of people hanged in the country…

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Iran: Protests hit multiple Iran cities for first time in weeks
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Iran: Protests hit multiple Iran cities for first time in weeks

DUBAI: Protesters in Iran marched through the streets of multiple cities overnight in the most widespread demonstration in weeks amid the monthslong unrest that’s gripped…

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Iran opposition leader calls for referendum amid protests
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Iran opposition leader calls for referendum amid protests

DUBAI: A long-detained opposition leader in Iran is calling for a nationwide referendum about whether to write a new constitution for the Islamic Republic amid…

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Iran says drone attack targets defence facility in Isfahan

DUBAI: Bomb-carrying drones targeted an Iranian defense factory in the central city of Isfahan overnight, authorities said early Sunday, causing some damage at the plant…

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