Iran Announces Amnesty, but It May Not Spare Many Protesters
While the government said tens of thousands of prisoners were to be freed or get reduced sentences, rights advocates suggested the move was a sham.
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Iran protests: Supreme leader acknowledges ‘tens of thousands’ of people detained
A later IRNA report said the pardons and commuted sentences were for “tens of thousands of convicts, including the arrestees of the recent riots in Iran.”
Iran’s supreme leader pardons ‘tens of thousands’ of prisoners
Number includes some arrested in recent anti-government protests, reports sayIran’s supreme leader has pardoned “tens of thousands” of prisoners including some arrested in recent anti-government protests, state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday, afte…
Microsoft attributes Charlie Hebdo data leak to Iran-linked NEPTUNIUM APT
Microsoft attributes a recent cyber attack against the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo to an Iran-linked NEPTUNIUM APT group. Microsoft’s Digital Threat Analysis Center (DTAC) attributes a recent cyberattacks against the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo to an Iran-linked threat actor tracked as NEPTUNIUM (aka Emennet Pasargad, Holy Souls). The attack is a retaliation for […]
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Microsoft: Iran Unit Behind Charlie Hebdo Hack-and-Leak Op
After French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s launched a cartoon contest to mock Iran, an Iranian cyber retaliated in January.
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Canadian activists cataloguing atrocities in Iran
Farid Najafi, one of the founders of Iranian Knowledge said the couple, bloggers based out of Tehran, “were arrested and violently beaten up.
Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi released on bail after hunger strike
Award-winning director, who was arrested in July, is released from Evin prison in TehranThe acclaimed Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has been released on bail after starting a hunger strike to protest against his almost seven-month detention, a rights…
Young couple who danced in viral video handed lengthy jail sentence in Iran
The video showed Astiyazh Haghighi, 21, dancing without a headscarf with her fiancé Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, 22, in a public square.
Film-maker Jafar Panahi begins hunger strike in Iranian prison
Panahi says he will not eat until he is released, after lawyer successfully challenged his detentionOne of Iran’s most illustrious film-makers, Jafar Panahi, is on hunger strike in protest at his continued detention in Tehran’s Evin prison, his wife ha…
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