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Shervin Hajipour's lyrics, mined from Twitter posts over the death of Mahsa Amini, unite Iran while releasing a flood of tears and a spark of hope.
The two judges were reportedly adjudicating cases of student protesters, artists, intellectuals and activists [4] in bench trials and had roles in the 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners. [1] [5] The perpetrator killed himself soon after the shooting, before he could be apprehended. [6] No potential motive has been released. [7]
The two were believed to have been juveniles at the time of the offense, and one is believed to have been a juvenile at the time of his execution. Iran frequently executes people for offenses committed as children, a practice condemned by international human rights treaties. [12] The facts of the case are still subject to heated debate.
Neda Agha-Soltan (Persian: ندا آقاسلطان – Nedā Āghā-Soltān; 23 January 1983 – 20 June 2009) was an Iranian student of philosophy, who was participating in the 2009 presidential election protests with her music teacher, and was walking back to her car when she was fatally shot in the upper chest.
More than 100 people have killed and another 200 injured in two explosions near the tomb of Iran's former top commander – who was assassinated in a US drone strike in 2020.. The blasts occurred ...
Iran executed two men on Saturday over an attack on a Shi'ite shrine that killed at least 13 people in October and was claimed by the militant group Islamic State, Iranian state media reported on ...
Up to forty people were killed and many wounded in Zahedan after protests that were sparked by reports about a police chief who had raped a 15-year-old girl in Chahbahar. [75] [74] Three days prior, the Friday Imam of Rask, Molavi Abdul Ghaffar Naghshbandi, had disclosed the identity of the police chief. [76]
Two explosions rocked a memorial event for Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, killing more than 100 people and injuring at least 140, state media in Iran reported.