Fereshteh Ghazi
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- 6
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- Sep 8, 2026
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- Jul 17, 2026
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Iranian Twin Sisters Reportedly Tortured Over January Protests; One Sentenced To Death, Other Gets 25 Years (opens the original)
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Iranian twin sisters Taraneh and Romina Rahimi turned 20 behind bars this year, awaiting the outcome of a case that has drawn scrutiny over allegations of torture, forced confessions, and severe mistreatment of the defendants. The sisters are among 16 people tried in Isfahan, in central Iran, in connection with demonstrations in the city during mass nationwide protests in January. "These children have been and are still under enormous pressure, both psychologically and physically," their cousin,
Iranians Say SIM Card Cutoffs Have Become A Tool To Punish Critics (opens the original)
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Cutting off SIM cards has emerged as one of the more effective tools available to Iranian authorities seeking to punish critics and civil society activists, with consequences that go well beyond losing mobile phone service. Because access to banking, government, insurance, judicial, and even educational services in Iran is now tied to a verified mobile number and one-time SMS codes, cutting off a person's SIM effectively locks them out of a wide range of essential services and civil rights. One
Crackdown On Iran's Popular YouTube Channel Could Herald More Restrictions (opens the original)
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Iranian authorities have moved against the popular YouTube channel Azad, accusing it of publishing “falsehoods” and signaling what an Iranian political activist and commentator says could be a broader crackdown on independent Persian-language online channels. The action came just two days after The New York Times published a profile of Azad, highlighting the Tehran-based platform’s growing audience and its role in hosting debates on issues rarely discussed in Iran’s state-controlled media. There
An Iranian Colonel Was Killed In January Protests. Now 16 People Face The Death Penalty. (opens the original)
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On the night of January 8, a colonel in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was killed in the central city of Isfahan as mass anti-government protests raged across the country. Months later, 16 people have been charged with moharebeh, or “enmity against God,” and could be hanged over the death of Colonel Abbas Kamrani and the violent demonstrations that night in Isfahan. The case comes as Iran has witnessed a surge in executions of what human rights groups consider political prisone
Sisters, 20, Tried In High-Profile Case Tied To Iran's January Protests (opens the original)
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Sixteen people are facing charges connected to protests in the Iranian city of Isfahan in January, during which a colonel in Iran's Revolutionary Guard was killed. Rights defenders are raising concerns about the legitimacy of the case, including the charges against two young twin sisters, 20-year-old Taraneh and Romina Rahimi. Sources in Iran told RFE/RL's Radio Farda that authorities used torture to extract confessions from the defendants, and there are concerns that they might face the death p
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