For the Future of Iran: We Should Not Replace Theocracy With Monarchy. There Must be a Third Choice
More than a month has passed since the deadly suppression of the January protests - protests that appear to have transformed the dynamic ...
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For the Future of Iran: Democracies are Not Built in a Year, Five Years, or Even Ten Years!
Ghasem Boedi is an Azerbaijani lawyer from Tabriz and was among the attorneys arrested in that city during the “Woman, Life, Freedom” pr ...
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Amirhossein Shakarami: Only Son Killed by Live Fire in Karaj
According to an informed source, Amirhossein was the eldest child and the only son in his family. “He had been in love with a girl for s ...
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Mostafa Tajzadeh Sentenced to 14 Months Again on Propaganda Charge
Mostafa Tajzadeh, a political prisoner currently held in Evin Prison, has been handed a 14-month prison sentence by Branch 22 of the Teh ...
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IRGC Launches “Smart Control” Military Drill in the Strait of Hormuz
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday, February 16, that it has launched a military exercise in the Strait of Horm ...
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Zeynab Ahmadi: Shot on Her Way Home, Left to Die in a Parking Lot
“The last time I heard her voice was noon on January 9. I told her the situation was dangerous. I said, ‘Don’t go anywhere, and if you d ...
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Hamed Saleh Rahman: Killed 1,500 Kilometers Away from Home
Hamed Saleh Rahman, a 33-year-old laborer and father of two, was shot dead on the evening of January 8 on Qeshm Island - nearly 1,500 ki ...
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Detained Baha’i Remains Missing: Where Is Shakila Ghasemi?
“It’s not that we were healthy people with normal lives before this, but we can’t even go back to that wretchedness from before. Faces a ...
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Inside Rasht’s Hospitals: Healthcare Worker Describes Two Nights of Killings
IranWire has previously published documents from two hospitals in Rasht, the capital of Gilan province, showing that protesters on Janua ...
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Alireza Valipour: Kyokushin Champion and National Athlete Killed in a Protest
IranWire has learned that Alireza Valipour, a young Iranian karate champion and Kyokushin medalist, was shot and killed by Islamic Repub ...
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Exclusive: Medical Evidence Shows Intent to Kill or Maim Protesters in Rasht
Records from Two Rasht Hospitals, January 8 and 9; Shots to the Head and Vital OrgansMedical documents from two hospitals in the city o ...
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Ali Shamkhani: Missile Program Is Non-Negotiable
Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of the Islamic Republic’s Defense Council, said in an interview with Al Jazeera that Iran’s missile program ...
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Amir Moslemi: Killed by a Direct Shot in Fardis, Karaj
According to information received by IranWire, Amir (Hamid) Moslemi, 61, was shot in the chest on January 9 on the main boulevard of Far ...
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Abbas Rashidi: A Wounded Protester Killed in Custody
According to information obtained by IranWire, Abbas Rashidi, 35, was wounded by pellet fire during the Semirom protests on Thursday, Ja ...
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Mahmoud Sheikhian: Shot to the Neck and Died in the Arms of His Daughter
According to information obtained by IranWire, 49-year-old Mahmoud Sheikhian was killed by gunfire during protests in Shahreza, Isfahan ...
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Teachers’ Union Warns of Growing Security Presence in Iranian Schools
The Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations has warned that the continued presence of security, clerical, and Basij ...
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Disabled Teacher Sentenced to Prison for Defending Student Protester
According to IranWire, Amir Rahimi, a veteran elementary school teacher and principal of two village schools near Azna, has been sentenc ...
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Aref Mir-Mousavi Dahshal: Body Number 12876 in Kahrizak
According to information received by IranWire, Aref Mir-Mousavi Dahshal was wounded in Tehran after sustaining extensive injuries from b ...
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Arya Shoghi: They Searched for Him at Kachuei Prison; They Received His Body Instead
According to information received by IranWire, Arya Shoghi, 17, was struck by live ammunition fired by security forces on the evening of ...
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Abolfazl Mehri: A Child Laborer Killed by Live Ammunition
According to information received by IranWire, Abolfazl Mehri, born in 2008, was shot and killed by live ammunition in Karaj on the even ...