The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie ‘The Salesman,’ was detained a week after she made a post on Instagram expressing solidarity with the first man recently executed for crimes allegedly committed during the protests Cairo: Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most renowned actresses Saturday on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests …
CAIRO — Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most renowned actresses Saturday on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said. The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie “The Salesman,” was detained a week after she made a post on Instagram expressing solidarity with the first man recently …
Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most famous actors, Taraneh Alidoosti, on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said Saturday. The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie “The Salesman,” was detained a week after she made a post on Instagram expressing solidarity with the first man recently …
Before Mohsen Shekari was hanged in a Tehran prison, sources say he cried out, "janam fadaye Iran", meaning, "I sacrifice my life for Iran". "He had wanted to succeed in life … he was always striving for justice," the family member says, rejecting the Iranian government's account that Mr Shekari had during the protest used a machete to attack and …
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran executed a second prisoner on Monday convicted over crimes committed during the nationwide protests challenging the country’s theocracy, publicly hanging him from a construction crane as a gruesome warning to others. Iran’s Mizan news agency, which falls under the country’s judiciary, published a collage of images of Rahnavard hanging from the crane, his hands …
The Islamic Republic summarily executed the second protester, Majidreza Rahnavard in Mashhad. He was charged with “waging war against God.” Dubai: Iran said Monday it executed a second prisoner detained and convicted amid nationwide protests challenging the country’s theocracy, airing footage on state television it claimed showed him stabbing two men to death and running away. The public hanging of …
Iran executed its second prisoner detained amid the nationwide anti-hijab protests that are now challenging the country's government. Iran Anti-Hijab Protests: A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death. Majidreza Rahnavard had been convicted over allegedly stabbing two security force members to death on November 17 in Mashhad and …
Iranians in Tehran protest the death of a 22-year-old woman in the custody of morality police. Iran executed a second prisoner Monday convicted of crimes allegedly committed during the nationwide protests challenging the country’s theocracy, publicly hanging him from a construction crane as a gruesome warning to others. The execution of Majidreza Rahnavard in northeastern Iran came less than a …
Iran Hijab Row: Amid the uproar created following the killing of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Iran executed a second prisoner detained and convicted allegedly for stabbing two security force members. Nearly 500 were killed in protests in Iran A heavily edited state television report aired after Rahnavard’s execution showed clips of him in the courtroom. Although Iranian authorities claimed Rahnavard …
Iran has signalled more executions could be carried out amid condemnation by rights groups. Iran executed the first detainee linked with the protests, a 23-year-old named Mohsen Shekari, on Thursday for allegedly attacking and wounding a member of the Basij paramilitary force with a long knife in central Tehran. Like the case of Shekari, Monday’s execution aimed to show the …