Security officials in Iran are accused of throwing a young university student to her death from a fourth-floor window during a raid on her family home. Photo shows Bahar Khorshidi, undated. Iranian security guards reportedly threw her down the window at her family home in Iran. (Newsflash) Tragic Bahar Khorshidi…
An Iranian artist has been found dead after being banned from travelling to Europe to study over a selfie she posted online showing her bareheaded. Photo shows Maryam Salimian, undated. Maryam Salimian, an Iranian painter, reportedly committed suicide after learning she has a ban to leave Iran. (@mariamsalimian/Newsflash) Protester Maryam…
An Iranian filmmaker has apparently committed suicide two months after he was wrongly arrested for taking part in an anti-regime protest. Photo shows the documentarian and film critic, Mohsen Jafari-Rad, 36, who reportedly took his own life on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, after being released from detention, undated photo. He…
A celebrity chef specialising in Persian cooking has been jailed in Iran - because he posted details of a recipe for cutlets on the third anniversary of the US killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qassem Soleimani. Photo shows the Iranian chef, Navab Ebrahimi, undated. He was arrested in…
A woman who lost her teenage son when he was shot by Iranian security services and whose husband then died of a broken heart has said she has nothing to lose after revealing officials lied in claiming the boy was killed by a dog. Photo shows Parveen Shafighdoust, the mother…