Read more about the article FORCED CONFESSION: Iran Upholds 16 Year Jail For Students After Forced Confession
Amir Hossein Moradi (pictured), one of the two elite students, who were each sentenced to 16 years in prison in Tehran, Iran. (@re.younesi/Newsflash)
General News

FORCED CONFESSION: Iran Upholds 16 Year Jail For Students After Forced Confession

The Tehran Court of Appeal has upheld a 16-year-jail term for two students where the only evidence against them was a confession under torture to the crime of wanting a free and democratic government. Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi, from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, were forced to…

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June 8, 2022
Read more about the article BROTHERS IN ARMS: Sibling’s’ Bodies Found Cuddling Among Rubble
Erfan Jalilian (left) and Arian Jalilian (right), the brothers who were found embracing each other under the rubble of the collapsed highrise building in Abadan, Iran, were pictured together with their father Fawzi Jalilian, who was also found dead under the rubble, and their mother who is the only one left from the family. (Newsflash)
Accidents

BROTHERS IN ARMS: Sibling’s’ Bodies Found Cuddling Among Rubble

The dead bodies of two brothers killed in the Metropol building collapse in Iran have been found embracing each other among the rubble. The 10-storey commercial and residential building collapsed in the Iranian city of Abadan on 23rd May, so far killing 34 with at least another 37 injured as…

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June 3, 2022
Read more about the article APPLE WHACK: Iran Bans iPhone Imports Over US Sanctions
An illustrative image of an iPhone, a smartphone designed and marketed by the American multinational technology company Apple Inc. (Newsflash)
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APPLE WHACK: Iran Bans iPhone Imports Over US Sanctions

Iran has banned the import of Apple iPhones to stop its citizens from spending cash while the country struggles with US sanctions. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is said to have made the move to restrict the use of hard-currency resources. According to local media, phone importers…

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May 29, 2022
Read more about the article FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Iran Seizes Academic For Criticism Of Food Shortages
Saeed Madani (pictured), a prominent Iranian sociologist, author and faculty member at Tehran University, who was prevented from leaving country to conduct research at Yale, has been arrested by the authorities right after speaking about the ongoing protests over food shortages in the country. (Newsflash)
Politics

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Iran Seizes Academic For Criticism Of Food Shortages

A prominent Iranian sociologist and author has been arrested for shaming the hardline Islamic regime with public comments on protests over food shortages. Saeed Madani was detained hours after talking to IranWire about the protests taking place in the country over shortages and surging prices. Local media report that officials…

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May 23, 2022
Read more about the article Landslide Kills Afghan Worker At Excavated Building Site In Iran
Wall falls on the building workers in Tehran, Iran. (Newsflash)
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Landslide Kills Afghan Worker At Excavated Building Site In Iran

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sQu5zq6LOw This is the moment a landslide at an excavated construction site crumbles onto a building platform in Iran and kills an Afghan worker. The incident was filmed at a building site on Kashan Street in District 22 in the Iranian capital Tehran last week. Local reports blamed the incident…

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March 11, 2022