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3 weeks ago | egyptindependent.com | Madalena Araujo |Jomana Karadsheh |Artemis Moshtaghian |AZADEH AKBARI

Editor’s Note: Warning: This article contains descriptions of torture. Berlin CNN  —  Saman Yasin thought he was leaving prison. It was five am and the guards had just told him to pack up his belongings. But the next thing he knew, he was blindfolded with a noose around his neck. “I was under that noose for about 15 minutes, I think,” the Iranian-Kurdish rapper told CNN in an exclusive interview, as he recounted being subjected to a mock execution – allegedly at the hands of the Iranian regime.

3 weeks ago | cnn.com | Madalena Araujo |Jomana Karadsheh |Artemis Moshtaghian |AZADEH AKBARI

Hear rapper’s first-hand account of alleged ‘severe torture’ in Iranian prison 04:56 - Source: CNN Hear rapper’s first-hand account of alleged ‘severe torture’ in Iranian prison 04:56 Editor’s Note: Warning: This article contains descriptions of torture. Berlin CNN  —  Saman Yasin thought he was leaving prison. It was 5 a.m. and the guards had just told him to pack up his belongings. But the next thing he knew, he was blindfolded with a noose around his neck.

Dec 11, 2024 | iranintl.com | AZADEH AKBARI

The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government has prompted rare admissions of setbacks from Iran’s hardline media, with an outlet linked to the IRGC acknowledging losses to Iran's military allies across the region. “The blows inflicted on the resistance movement should not be denied, nor should false remedies be applied to conceal the pain,” IRGC-affiliated Javan newspaper said Tuesday.

Dec 6, 2024 | iranintl.com | AZADEH AKBARI

Iran’s new chastity and hijab law has drawn criticism from journalists and activists who warn it represents a new weapon in the state's arsenal against women which could authorize extreme punishments including the death penalty and flogging.

Dec 5, 2024 | iranintl.com | AZADEH AKBARI

A new report from a US-based rights group drawing on hundreds of interviews over more than two years has documented Iran's systematic denial of accountability and legal redress for killings and other grave human rights abuses. The Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights (ABC) highlighted in its report released on Thursday the legal struggles of 16 victims' families who sought justice within the Islamic Republic's judicial system.