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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Deepa Parent

    Iranian singer’s 74 lashes for performing without a hijab ‘a form of torture’, say rights groups (opens the original)

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    Iranian court upholds sentence against 29-year-old star Parastoo Ahmadi and other musicians in crackdown on women flouting hijab law An Iranian court’s decision to uphold a sentence of 74 lashes against the popular singer Parastoo Ahmadi for performing without a hijab has sparked outrage among rights groups, who described it as “a form of torture”. In June, Ahmadi, 29, and eight members of her production team, including musicians, were sentenced by a court in the city of Qom over a concert

  2. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Deepa Parent

    Iranian town mourns after deadly strike on wedding (opens the original)

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    Mourning turns to anger as residents of Kuhestak say Baloch communities are being placed in path of conflict People in Kuhestak, a predominantly Baloch city in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province, are mourning after a strike on a wedding killed at least four people, including a child, and injured more than 60, according to local authorities. The blast hit at around 9.30pm on 1 September, turning a night of celebration into one of devastation for the small coastal community, which is on the stra

  3. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Deepa Parent

    Iran seeks to criminalise all contact with foreign media in ‘chilling’ crackdown (opens the original)

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    As photojournalist sentenced to 15 years, rights groups warn law would turn civic engagement into security crime Iran has taken the first step towards criminalising contact with foreign media, in a move human rights groups have said attempts to “sever the entire Iranian society from the rest of the world”. For journalists, researchers and even ordinary citizens, the proposed law being discussed by Iranian lawmakers this month could make speaking to international audiences and groups a potent

  4. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Deepa Parent

    Prisoners at Iran’s largest jail sew lips shut in hunger strike as executions soar (opens the original)

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    At least 1,500 protest after six men on drug-related charges put in solitary confinement before possible execution Prisoners at Iran’s largest jail have sewn their lips shut as hundreds of them joined a mass hunger strike amid a surge in executions over drug offences and charges linked to anti-government protests. The hunger strike, involving at least 1,500 death row prisoners at Ghezel Hesar prison near Tehran, began two weeks ago after six men convicted on drug-related charges were transferr

  5. Article · Jul 22, 2026 · Deepa Parent

    ‘It’s truly hell here’: airstrikes, repression and water shortages become ‘new normal’ for Iranians (opens the original)

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    Iranians describe how daily life is becoming ever harder as conflict continues and human rights crisis worsens As US airstrikes hit port and inland cities in Iran, and Tehran strikes at the US’s Middle East allies, the escalating conflict has left many Iranians fearing that, amid war and a worsening human rights crisis, they remain trapped in a cycle of violence and repression with no way out. Bandar Abbas, on the strait of Hormuz and the headquarters of the Iranian navy, has been hit by strik

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