A woman in Iran has been whipped 74 times for not wearing a hijab in the street. Photo shows Roya Heshmati, a vocal critic of the compulsory hijab, undated. The Iranian woman lashed 74 times for not wearing a hijab on the street. (Newsflash) Roya Heshmati, a Kurdish-Iranian woman and…
Mahsa Amini's grave has been smashed up again in Iran, with her defiant family vowing to fix it no matter how often it happens. Mahsa Amini, 22, poses in an undated photo. She is in a coma and fighting for her life after being arrested in Tehran, Iran, by the…
A toddler was fatally shot in the head when special forces in Iran opened fire on the family car without warning. Photo shows Emir Ali Musa Kazemi, undated. He was reportedly killed after Iranian special forces opened fire at the car carrying him and his family in the central city…
Iran is to reward the fanatical knifeman who attacked British novelist Salman Rushdie with a gift of prime farmland, it has emerged. Photo shows Salman Rushdie, undated. Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British-American novelist. (Newsflash) Rushdie was left blind in one eye and suffered severe injuries to his neck and…
An Iranian judge has accused a journalist of 'encouraging corruption' with her short haircut. Photo shows Marzieh Amiri, undated. The Iranian journalist was allegedly accused of cutting her hair short. (@saamiiraamiri/Newsflash) Accused Marzieh Amiri - a journalist and a social sciences student at the University of Tehran - was seized…
