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Daughter Of Ex Iran President Released After 2 Years In Jail: Report
- Thursday September 19, 2024
- India News | Agence France-Presse
The daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was released on Wednesday after two years behind bars in Tehran's Evin prison, media outlets in the Islamic republic reported.
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Female Inmates Beaten Inside Iran Prison: Jailed Nobel Winner Narges Mohammadi's Family
- Friday August 9, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Two prisoners "had heart palpitations due to the stress," but medical examinations determined that their general condition "is favourable," Iran's prison authority said.
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Iran Slaps 1-Year Prison Term On Nobel Prize Laureate For "Propaganda"
- Tuesday June 18, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
An Iranian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a year in prison for "propaganda against the state", the jailed activist's lawyer said on Tuesday.
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Sweden, Iran Exchange Prisoners In Breakthrough Deal
- Saturday June 15, 2024
- World News | Reuters
Sweden and Iran carried out a prisoner exchange on Saturday, officials said, with Sweden freeing a former Iranian official convicted for his role in a mass execution in the 1980s while Iran released two Swedes being held there.
- www.ndtv.com
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Executed Iranian Protester's Father Sentenced To Six Years In Prison
- Saturday May 25, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Iranian authorities have jailed a father who campaigned unsuccessfully for clemency for his 22-year-old son after he was sentenced to death in connection with 2022 protests, his lawyer said Saturday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Iranian Pop Star Who Sang Popular Protest Anthem Gets 3 Years In Jail
- Friday March 1, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
An Iranian pop singer whose song became an anthem during mass protests more than a year ago has been sentenced to at least three years in prison, he said Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Anti-Hijab Protests 'Changed Iran's Society, Prisons', Says Freed Academic
- Saturday November 4, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The protest movement that erupted in Iran last year has transformed the country both outside and also inside prison, a French-Iranian academic, who returned to Paris last month after being held in the country since 2019, told AFP.
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Iran Sentences 2 Women Journalists Who Covered Mahsa Amini's Death: Report
- Sunday October 22, 2023
- World News | Reuters
An Iranian Revolutionary Court has handed out long prison sentences to two women journalists over their coverage of the death in custody of Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini last year, state media reported on Sunday.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Must Fight Until Freedom, Equality Is Achieved": Narges Mohammadi
- Friday October 6, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Rights campaigner and 2023 Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi said in a September interview with AFP that she retained hope for change in Iran, despite having no prospect of release from prison and enduring the pain of separation from her family.
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Narges Mohammadi's Nobel Win "Historic" For Iran's Freedom Struggle, Says Family
- Friday October 6, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Iranian rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi is a "historic and profound moment for Iran's fight for freedom," her family said, while regretting she could not share this "extraordinary moment".
- www.ndtv.com
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Iran Ministers Vote To Toughen Penalties For Women Who Breach Dress Code
- Wednesday September 20, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Iranian women who flout the strict Islamic dress code mandating head coverings and modest clothing would face up to 10 years' prison under a bill passed on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Welcome Home": 5 Americans Freed By Iran Arrive In US
- Tuesday September 19, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Five Americans freed by Iran in a high-stakes prisoner swap landed back in the United States on Tuesday to a joyous reunion with family members.
- www.ndtv.com
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Joe Biden Vows To 'Impose Costs On Iran' After Prisoner Swap
- Tuesday September 19, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
President Joe Biden said the United States would keep piling "costs" on Iran despite a prisoner swap deal that freed five Americans on Monday.
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5 US Detainees Freed By Iran Land In Qatar Under Prisoner Swap Deal
- Monday September 18, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Five US citizens freed by Iran landed in Qatar on Monday in a prisoner exchange facilitated by the release of $6 billion in frozen oil proceeds, an AFP reporter said.
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$6 Billion Sent To Mediator Qatar For US-Iran Prisoner Swap: Report
- Monday September 18, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Frozen funds totalling $6 billion have been transferred to Qatari banks under a US-Iran prisoner swap deal, with a plane on standby in Tehran to fly out five American detainees, a source told AFP on Monday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Daughter Of Ex Iran President Released After 2 Years In Jail: Report
- Thursday September 19, 2024
- India News | Agence France-Presse
The daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was released on Wednesday after two years behind bars in Tehran's Evin prison, media outlets in the Islamic republic reported.
- www.ndtv.com
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Female Inmates Beaten Inside Iran Prison: Jailed Nobel Winner Narges Mohammadi's Family
- Friday August 9, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Two prisoners "had heart palpitations due to the stress," but medical examinations determined that their general condition "is favourable," Iran's prison authority said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Iran Slaps 1-Year Prison Term On Nobel Prize Laureate For "Propaganda"
- Tuesday June 18, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
An Iranian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a year in prison for "propaganda against the state", the jailed activist's lawyer said on Tuesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sweden, Iran Exchange Prisoners In Breakthrough Deal
- Saturday June 15, 2024
- World News | Reuters
Sweden and Iran carried out a prisoner exchange on Saturday, officials said, with Sweden freeing a former Iranian official convicted for his role in a mass execution in the 1980s while Iran released two Swedes being held there.
- www.ndtv.com
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Executed Iranian Protester's Father Sentenced To Six Years In Prison
- Saturday May 25, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Iranian authorities have jailed a father who campaigned unsuccessfully for clemency for his 22-year-old son after he was sentenced to death in connection with 2022 protests, his lawyer said Saturday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Iranian Pop Star Who Sang Popular Protest Anthem Gets 3 Years In Jail
- Friday March 1, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
An Iranian pop singer whose song became an anthem during mass protests more than a year ago has been sentenced to at least three years in prison, he said Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Anti-Hijab Protests 'Changed Iran's Society, Prisons', Says Freed Academic
- Saturday November 4, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The protest movement that erupted in Iran last year has transformed the country both outside and also inside prison, a French-Iranian academic, who returned to Paris last month after being held in the country since 2019, told AFP.
- www.ndtv.com
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Iran Sentences 2 Women Journalists Who Covered Mahsa Amini's Death: Report
- Sunday October 22, 2023
- World News | Reuters
An Iranian Revolutionary Court has handed out long prison sentences to two women journalists over their coverage of the death in custody of Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini last year, state media reported on Sunday.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Must Fight Until Freedom, Equality Is Achieved": Narges Mohammadi
- Friday October 6, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Rights campaigner and 2023 Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi said in a September interview with AFP that she retained hope for change in Iran, despite having no prospect of release from prison and enduring the pain of separation from her family.
- www.ndtv.com
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Narges Mohammadi's Nobel Win "Historic" For Iran's Freedom Struggle, Says Family
- Friday October 6, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Iranian rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi is a "historic and profound moment for Iran's fight for freedom," her family said, while regretting she could not share this "extraordinary moment".
- www.ndtv.com
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Iran Ministers Vote To Toughen Penalties For Women Who Breach Dress Code
- Wednesday September 20, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Iranian women who flout the strict Islamic dress code mandating head coverings and modest clothing would face up to 10 years' prison under a bill passed on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Welcome Home": 5 Americans Freed By Iran Arrive In US
- Tuesday September 19, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Five Americans freed by Iran in a high-stakes prisoner swap landed back in the United States on Tuesday to a joyous reunion with family members.
- www.ndtv.com
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Joe Biden Vows To 'Impose Costs On Iran' After Prisoner Swap
- Tuesday September 19, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
President Joe Biden said the United States would keep piling "costs" on Iran despite a prisoner swap deal that freed five Americans on Monday.
- www.ndtv.com
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5 US Detainees Freed By Iran Land In Qatar Under Prisoner Swap Deal
- Monday September 18, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Five US citizens freed by Iran landed in Qatar on Monday in a prisoner exchange facilitated by the release of $6 billion in frozen oil proceeds, an AFP reporter said.
- www.ndtv.com
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$6 Billion Sent To Mediator Qatar For US-Iran Prisoner Swap: Report
- Monday September 18, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Frozen funds totalling $6 billion have been transferred to Qatari banks under a US-Iran prisoner swap deal, with a plane on standby in Tehran to fly out five American detainees, a source told AFP on Monday.
- www.ndtv.com