Iran’s vice-president, Mohammad Reza Aref, has ordered a probe into the killing of a university student during a robbery, after a protest gathering by students at Tehran University ...

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Iranian authorities have issued heavy prison sentences for at least two dozen activists from the Azeri minority since October ...

Corpus Christi's Muslim community continues to promote awareness of discrimination and contest negative stereotypes.

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Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has pardoned two female journalists who played a key role in reporting the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, state media reported.

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Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi had been sentenced to 13 and 12 years in prison for their coverage of the death of Mahsa ...