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1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Tom Levitt |Deepa Parent

A young woman wearing a black abaya is pictured in a city in north-west Saudi Arabia standing precariously on a second-floor window ledge. A second photograph shows a group of men escorting her down with the help of a crane. The woman’s identity is unknown, but she was allegedly being held at one of Saudi Arabia’s notoriously secretive “jails” for women banished by their families or husbands for disobedience, extramarital sexual relations or being absent from home.

2 weeks ago | lavanguardia.com | Deepa Parent

Mientras India y Pakistán, países con armas nucleares, estaban al borde de la guerra, la desinformación y la censura de prensa se apoderaron de las primeras líneas digitales. El conflicto militar entre ambos estados casi se convirtió en una guerra a gran escala, lo que provocó llamados globales a la desescalada.

1 month ago | aol.co.uk | Patrick Wintour |Deepa Parent

Iranian journalists have warned of a media crackdown after a series of incidents, the most recent an explosion at a munitions company in which one person was killed and two injured. The explosion on Tuesday, for which there has been no official explanation, occurred in Isfahan, only two days after a thwarted cyber-attack on the communications infrastructure on Sunday, and a huge explosion on Saturday at the strategic southern port of Shahid Rajaee, near Bandar Abbas.

2 months ago | eaworldview.com | Deepa Parent

Iranian women in front of the Azadi (Freedom) Tower in Tehran Originally written for The Guardian: “We’ll Laugh Together Again”: The Resistance of Iran’s Youth Culture Iran: Overcoming The Regime’s Obsession With Hijab She says she has received messages from the police before warning her of suspected violations of the country’s strict hijab laws, but last November she was sent an SMS message containing her car registration plate that stated the exact time and place that she had been recorded...

2 months ago | sg.news.yahoo.com | Deepa Parent

An Iranian policeman in Tehran. Women can have their car impounded if they are reported to have been seen woithout a hijab. No proof is required. An Iranian policeman in Tehran. Women can have their car impounded if they are reported to have been seen woithout a hijab. No proof is required. Photograph: Wana News Agency/ReutersLike many women in Iran, Darya is used to feeling under surveillance.