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Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh [1] were sentenced to execution by hanging in 2009 for converting to Christianity in Iran. [2] [3] [4] They were detained in the notorious Evin Prison for 259 days [5] [6] [7] where they were tortured and interrogated. [8] After gaining freedom, the two women wrote Captive in Iran which detailed their ...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and others were found dead Monday at the site of a helicopter crash after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region ...
At around 13:30 IRST , the helicopter crashed approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south-west of the village of Uzi, [12] [13] [14] in the Dizmar Forest region, a wildlife corridor in Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan province. [15] [16] [b] The head of the President's Office, Gholam-Hossein Esmaeili, was in one of the other helicopters. He ...
Evin Prison (Persian: زندان اوین, romanized: Zendân-e-Evin) is a prison located in the Evin neighborhood of Tehran, Iran.The prison has been the primary site for the housing of Iran's political prisoners since 1972, before and after the Iranian Revolution, in a purpose-built wing nicknamed "Evin University" due to the high number of students and intellectuals detained there. [3]
After the death of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, expect the internal power struggle to begin – and Iranian people again left with no voice – writes Frida Ghitis.
An official investigation into the helicopter crash in May that killed Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and seven other people found it was caused by challenging climatic and atmospheric conditions ...
On 15 October 2022, starting around 10:00 local time, [3] a series of incidents including a fire, explosions and automatic gun battles occurred in the Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, [4] continuing through to early morning 16 October 2022. [3] At least eight inmates died, [5] and 57 others were
Iran proclaimed five days of mourning for President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday, though the muted atmosphere revealed little of the spectacular public grief that has accompanied the deaths of other ...