Read more about the article WE BACK IRAN’S WOMEN: Sweden’s Message To Iran’s Supreme Leader
Romina Pourmokhtari, 26, poses in an undated photo. Pourmokhtari, who is of Iranian descent, is the Minister of Environment in the Ulf Kristersson cabinet since Oct. 18, 2022. (@roromina/Newsflash)
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WE BACK IRAN’S WOMEN: Sweden’s Message To Iran’s Supreme Leader

Sweden's new government has sent a strong message to Iran and its leader Ali Khamenei by promoting a fearless campaigner for the rights of Iranian women to its cabinet. Tireless activist Romina Pourmokhtari, 26, has become Sweden's Climate and Environment Minister, making her the youngest-ever cabinet member in the country.…

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October 19, 2022
Read more about the article NO PLACE LIKE ROME: Ex Italian Fighter Pilot Home After She Fought Putin’s Troops On The Front Line
Picture shows pilot Giulia Schiff, 23, undated. She enlisted in Ukraine war effort, and participated in the protest of the Christian Association of Ukrainians in Italy in Rome, Italy, in October, 2022. (Newsflash)
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NO PLACE LIKE ROME: Ex Italian Fighter Pilot Home After She Fought Putin’s Troops On The Front Line

A former Italian fighter pilot who volunteered for Ukraine's special forces has returned home after she took on Vladimir Putin's front-line troops. Giulia Schiff, 23, was thrown out of the Italian air force after she complained about being hazed when she was thrown against the wing of a plane in…

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October 18, 2022
Read more about the article CAT THAT GOT THE CREAM: Feline Looks Dignified As She Is Sworn In As Mayor Of Italian Town
Picture shows the first 'Mayor of the Animals' Miao in Civita D'Antino, Italy. According to the deputy mayor Matteo Di Fabio, Miao will remain in office, for one year and then the each animal will be able to aspire to the office subject to nomination and votes. (@matteo.oettam.35/Newsflash)
Animals / Politics

CAT THAT GOT THE CREAM: Feline Looks Dignified As She Is Sworn In As Mayor Of Italian Town

A cat has been appointed the mayor of an Italian town and will remain in office for a year. Black and white moggy Miao spent her first day in office as 'mayor of the animals' of Civita d'Antino, Abruzzo Region, southern Italy yesterday (12th October). Civita d'Antino deputy mayor Matteo…

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October 13, 2022
Read more about the article Politician Who Opposed Iranian Support For Putin Is Jailed For 5 Years
Leading Iran reformist Mostafa Tajzadeh poses in an undated photo. Tajzadeh, 65, who was arrested on Jul. 8, 2022, has begun serving his sentence after choosing not to appeal, lawyer Houshang Pourbabai said on Twitter. (Newsflash)
Iran / Politics / Women's rights

Politician Who Opposed Iranian Support For Putin Is Jailed For 5 Years

A reformist politician who called for 'structural changes' to Iran and slammed the regime's "costly and pro-Russian foreign policy driven by anti-Americanism" has been jailed for five years. Sayyid Mostafa Tajzadeh, 65, is an Iranian reformist politician as well as a senior figure of the Islamic Iran Participation Front and…

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October 13, 2022
Read more about the article Furious France Condemns ‘Forced’ Confession Of ‘Spy’ Teachers
Photo shows Cecile Kohler allegedly confessing that she is a French agent on Iranian state TV, undated photo. Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris have been detained in Iran since May 7, 2022, and stand accused by authorities of seeking to stir labour unrest during a wave of teachers' strikes earlier in 2022. (Newsflash)
Iran / Politics

Furious France Condemns ‘Forced’ Confession Of ‘Spy’ Teachers

France has furiously denounced Iran after it aired the 'staged' confessions of two teachers accused of spying on state television. The pair had been seized by Iranian security forces and accused of plotting a revolution for the French secret service. Cecile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris appeared on Iranian…

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October 7, 2022