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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was held as a political hostage in Iran for years. Here she tells what it's like in the Evin prison ... Show more   www.tagesspiegel.de/internationales/diese-frau-sass-in-irans-beruchtigstem-gefangnis-sie-drohten-mir-du-wirst-dein-kind-nie-wiedersehen-11403017.html
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Iran holds elections amid fears of record abstention reflecting public unrest : Polls predict low turnout in first election since the death of Mahsa Yina Amini ...
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Iran holds elections amid fears of record abstention reflecting public ...
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Hostage diplomacy: inside Iran’s strategy for increasing pressure on the West: Johan Floderus, a Swede working for the EU, was detained nearly 700 days ago after ...
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Hostage diplomacy: inside Iran’s strategy for increasing pressure on the ...
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Vandecasteele pleads for release of Swedish EU employee detained in Iran: In April 2022, Johan Floderus (33) was arrested at Tehran airport when returning home ...
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Vandecasteele pleads for release of Swedish EU employee detained in Iran
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Iran wraps up trial of Swedish EU diplomat: TEHRAN: The trial of a Swedish EU diplomat wrapped up in Tehran on Sunday, with Iranian prosecutors seeking the ...
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Iran wraps up trial of Swedish EU diplomat
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Children of Iran Nobel Peace Prize winner fear they won't see her again: The teenage children of jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi fear ...
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Children of Iran Nobel Peace Prize winner fear they won't see her again
Quick Glance: Iranian Activist's Children Accept Nobel Peace Prize
  • Narges Mohammadi's children accept the award on her behalf at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo.

  • Mohammadi's dedication to human rights and freedom continues despite facing multiple sentences.

  • Her efforts against the oppression of women in Iran are recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • She is the second Iranian woman to receive this honor, following in the footsteps of Shirin Ebadi.
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Johan Floderus, who was arrested at Tehran airport in April last year, has also been charged with 'corruption on earth,' a crime that carries the death penalty ... Show more   aje.io/xrbepj
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Mohammadi, 51, has been in Tehran’s Evin prison since 2021 on charges including spreading propaganda. She has been a vocal proponent of mass feminist ... Show more
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France says 5-year conviction for citizen held in Iran 'unacceptable': Paris calls for Louis Arnaud's immediate release and that of three other of its nationals.
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France says 5-year conviction for citizen held in Iran 'unacceptable'
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Iranian Nobel winner Narges Mohammadi begins hunger strike: The veteran rights activist is currently being held in Tehran's Evin prison.
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Iranian Nobel winner Narges Mohammadi begins hunger strike
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Peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi smuggles message out of cell: "Victory is not easy, but it is certain," imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner and ...
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Peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi smuggles message out of cell
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Narges Mohammadi | The woman who shook the clergy: Jail did not break Narges Mohammadi. Her commitment and resolution earned her several international awards.
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Narges Mohammadi | The woman who shook the clergy
Quick Glance: Narges Mohammadi awarded Nobel Peace Prize for fighting women's oppression
  • Norwegian Nobel Committee recognizes Mohammadi's fight against women's oppression in Iran.

  • Mohammadi served as vice president of the banned Defenders of Human Rights Centre in Iran.

  • She is the 19th woman to win the 122-year-old prize and the first since Maria Ressa in 2021.

  • Human rights groups Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties, along with Dmitry Muratov, were awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Iran sentences journalists who covered Amini death to jail: Amini's death in custody on September 16, 2022, after her arrest by the morality police in ...
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Iran sentences journalists who covered Amini death to jail
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Change in Iran 'irreversible': Narges Mohammadi: Rights campaigner and 2023 Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi said in a September interview with AFP that she ...
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Change in Iran 'irreversible': Narges Mohammadi
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U.S. and Iran trade prisoners, signaling partial thaw in relations: The U.S.-Iran prisoner exchange, which includes a provision to unlock $6 billion in frozen ...
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U.S. and Iran trade prisoners, signaling partial thaw in relations
Quick Glance: Billion-Dollar Deal: Americans Freed from Iran in Prisoner Swap
  • Iran made $6bn through exports, mainly of oil, to South Korea, but the money ended up in restricted accounts in South Korea after then-US President Donald Trump abandoned a landmark nuclear deal.

  • As part of the prisoner swap deal, the US also released five Iranians.

  • Released prisoner expresses gratitude towards US President Biden.

  • We have just received news that the plane carrying the five American citizens freed from Iran will land in Doha shortly.
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US-Iran tensions calming down? Tehran to get back frozen assets worth billions after prisoner swap
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US-Iran tensions calming down? Tehran to get back frozen assets worth ...
Quick Glance: US Allows Billion Dollar Transfer for Iran Prisoner Exchange
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  • Transfer of 6 billion dollars in Iranian funds from South Korea to Qatar permitted.

  • Transfer of 6 billion dollars and prisoner exchange could occur next week.

  • Waiver applies to select financial institutions under primary jurisdiction of Germany, Ireland, Qatar, South Korea, and Switzerland.
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Iran-US prisoner swap under way: Five American and five Iranian prisoners are being released in addition to Iran’s assets frozen due to US sanctions.
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Iran-US prisoner swap under way
Quick Glance: American prisoners arrive in US after exchange
  • Exchange facilitated by release of frozen Iranian funds

  • Negotiations mediated by Qatar led to the swap

  • Americans departed Iran while Iranians arrived in the US
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Read the Nobel Peace Laureate's Gripping Account of the Fire in Her Prison : The Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi's account of a fire last year inside ...
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Read the Nobel Peace Laureate's Gripping Account of the Fire in Her ...
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Iran: US agrees to drop sanctions on $6bn in frozen funds in prisoner swap deal: The Biden administration has waived sanctions on the transfer of $6bn in Iranian ...
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Iran: US agrees to drop sanctions on $6bn in frozen funds in prisoner swap ...
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Iran's Raisi urges Japan to release frozen funds, then wavers: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi called on Japan on Tuesday to display its independence from ...
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Iran's Raisi urges Japan to release frozen funds, then wavers
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Parents of Frenchman held prisoner in Iran call on Europe to do more: More than 365 days have passed since French citizen Louis Arnaud was imprisoned in the high ...
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Parents of Frenchman held prisoner in Iran call on Europe to do more
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Iran moves toward freeing 5 US citizens, including 4 held in infamous prison, in rare deal
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Iran moves toward freeing 5 US citizens, including 4 held in infamous ...
Quick Glance: Iran to Free 5 American Citizens in Rare Deal
  • After months of negotiations, Iran and the U.S. have agreed to release five American citizens unjustly detained.

  • Negotiations for their release are ongoing and delicate.

  • The detainees include Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi, Morad Tahbaz, and two others whose identities are not public.

  • Namazi, Tahbaz, and Shargi were accused of espionage by Iran, charges the U.S. calls baseless.
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Mahsa Amini's Death Still Haunts the Iranian Regime: The regime has proved too ruthless to collapse, but thousands of Iranian women defy compulsory hijab rules ...
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Mahsa Amini's Death Still Haunts the Iranian Regime
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Who are the Americans freed from Iranian detention? A look at their profiles: Who are the Americans freed from Iranian detention? A look at their profiles
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Who are the Americans freed from Iranian detention? A look at their ...
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Breaking news: Iran on Thursday moved several Americans from the country’s notorious Evin Prison and put them under house arrest ... Show more   wapo.st/3Yunjow
Quick Glance: US and Iran Reach Agreement on Prisoner Release and Access to Oil Revenue
  • US and Iran agree to release five imprisoned Americans in exchange for jailed Iranians and access to $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue.

  • Americans can leave Iran once the money is deposited in the Qatari bank account.

  • The Iranians detained in the US can also travel to Doha for the exchange.

  • In return, the US would refrain from tightening sanctions or pursuing certain punitive measures against Iran in international forums.
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Family of Swede detained in Iran urges international support: The European Union employee's imprisonment has been raised repeatedly with the Islamic Republic.
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Family of Swede detained in Iran urges international support
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Memorial to the robbery of Jews during the Nazi era is inaugurated: Furniture, jewelry and art: The Nazi regime deprived the Jewish population of their ...
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Memorial to the robbery of Jews during the Nazi era is inaugurated
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US asks Iran to stop selling drones to Russia: Washington raises issue in indirect talks aiming to de-escalate nuclear crisis
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US asks Iran to stop selling drones to Russia
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Four Americans wrongfully detained in Iran released on house arrest, signaling a potential end to their imprisonment
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Four Americans wrongfully detained in Iran released on house arrest ...
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US prisoners in Iran released from Evin Prison: Several Americans detained in Iran have left Evin Prison and are waiting in house arrest for their full release.
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US prisoners in Iran released from Evin Prison
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🗣 VIEW | More than 30 years ago, the regime in Tehran tried to silence me. My heart aches for the young women imprisoned and still suffering in Iran today ... Show more   www.euronews.com/2023/07/28/the-west-turned-its-gaze-away-from-iran-but-the-regimes-cruelties-are-far-from-over
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Jailed American appeals to Biden in unprecedented interview from Iran’s most notorious prison
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Jailed American appeals to Biden in unprecedented interview from Iran’s ...
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Women of Iran's Evin prison, locked up amid protests, remain defiant: "Listen to this! One. Two. Three!" Down the crackling phone line from the women's wing of ...
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Women of Iran's Evin prison, locked up amid protests, remain defiant
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Married couples use 'divorce mafia' to avoid legal obstacles: Iranian press review
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Married couples use 'divorce mafia' to avoid legal obstacles: ...
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Iran frees dissident Farhad Meysami after photos of his emaciated condition cause outrage online
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Iran frees dissident Farhad Meysami after photos of his emaciated ...
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Women activists released by Iran chant pro-protest slogans outside jail: Iran has released a number of prominent women activists and journalists from Tehran’s ...
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Women activists released by Iran chant pro-protest slogans outside jail
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Iran marks anniversary of Islamic Revolution amid protests - Region - World: Iran on Saturday celebrated the 44th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid ...
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Quick Glance: Iran's President: "Protests failed," but many women do not wear headscarves
  • However, the reality in Iran differs from what Raisi portrays.

  • The 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution was celebrated in Iran amid protests against the system.

  • The monarchy was overthrown in February 1979 after an uprising led by revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

  • This year's Islamic Revolution anniversary was overshadowed by protests that have been going on since the fall.

  • Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pardoned tens of thousands of prisoners on the anniversary of the revolution.
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Iranian-French academic #FaribaAdelkhah released from Tehran's Evin prison.

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‘Silencing dissent by threatening family’: Iran cracks down on family of Australian protester
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‘Silencing dissent by threatening family’: Iran cracks down on family of ...