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  Iranian teenager who posted distorted pictures of herself is jailed for 10 years

  

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  Instagram star Sahar Tabar says she is still hoping for a pardon after conviction for corrupting young peopleAn Iranian woman who posted heavily distorted images of herself online has been sentenced to 10 years in jail, her lawyer has said, a year after she was arrested over her social media activities. Sahar Tabar, 19, whose real name is Fatemeh Khishvand, came to prominence after posting images of herself with a gaunt, zombie-like face. At one point she had 486,000 followers on Instagram. Continue reading...

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  Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces new charge, Iranian media reports

  

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  State TV says British-Iranian dual national to appear in Tehran court on SundayNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will appear...

  State TV says British-Iranian dual national to appear in Tehran court on SundayNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will appear in an Iranian court on Sunday after the country’s state media said she faced a new and unspecified charge.The news came as a bombshell to the family of the British-Iranian dual national, who has been under effective house arrest ever since the coronavirus outbreak led to her release...

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  Death of Iran's 'Blue Girl' casts spotlight on lives of Iranian women

  

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  Public outcry over the death of a 29-year-old who set herself on fire after she was...

  Public outcry over the death of a 29-year-old who set herself on fire after she was arrested for entering a stadium to watch a soccer match unveils Iran's growing women's rights movement and how it has changed in recent years

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  Iranian female football fan who self-immolated outside court dies

  

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  Death of Sahar Khodayari, facing prison for trying to enter stadium, provokes outcryAn Iranian female football...

  Death of Sahar Khodayari, facing prison for trying to enter stadium, provokes outcryAn Iranian female football fan has died a week after setting herself on fire outside a courtroom, after learning she may face six months in prison for trying to enter a stadium, a news agency reported on Tuesday.Sahar Khodayari’s death immediately ignited an outcry in Iran, where women are banned from football...

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