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☆ ‘A show and propaganda:’ Iran braces for low-turnout election amid silenced dissent, tumbling economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“No, I will not vote,” a 23-year-old Iranian woman told CNN from Tehran. Authorities are nonetheless eager to bring people to the polls, trying to inspire a sense of duty and resistance among Iranians amid Israel’s war in Gaza. Pedestrians pass by a poster featuring Ayatollah Khomeini, the first Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic (right) and Ayatollah Khamenei, the current Supreme Leader (left) on February 24 in Tehran, Iran. Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty ImagesOther officials have directly cited the Gaza war to rally voters ahead of the polling day. An election poster for a female parliamentary candidate apparently plays on the 'Woman-Life-Freedom' protest slogan, replacing it with 'Woman-Wisdom-Greatness' in Isfahan, Iran on February 24.

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SummaryCompanies Women's rights campaigner serving 12 years' jailPrize likely to anger Iranian governmentNorwegian Nobel committee lauds Iranian protestersIranian news agency notes 'prize from westerners'OSLO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Iran's imprisoned women's rights advocate Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a rebuke to Tehran's theocratic leaders and boost for anti-government protesters. "We want to give the prize to encourage Narges Mohammadi and the hundreds of thousands of people who have been crying for exactly 'Woman, Life, Freedom' in Iran," she added, referring to the protest movement's main slogan. She is the deputy head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, a non-governmental organisation led by Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. [1/5]Iranian human rights activist and the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) Narges Mohammadi poses in this undated handout picture. Among a stream of tributes from major global bodies, the U.N. human rights office said the Nobel award highlighted the bravery of Iranian women.

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☆ U.S. slaps Iran with another round of sanctions over drones used in Russia's war on Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Amanda Macias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A drone flies over Kyiv during an attack on Oct. 17, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday announced a slew of fresh sanctions and additional measures targeting Iran's aviation and defense sector, as Washington ups the ante in its campaign against Tehran for supplying Moscow with weapons for its war on Ukraine. The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on six executives and board members from Iran's Qods Aviation Industries, the country's top defense manufacturer, for producing unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs. Tehran has transferred UAVs to Moscow for use on the battlefield across Ukraine, according to the Treasury. In addition, Treasury also imposed sanctions on Qods Aviation Industries Chairman Seyed Hojatollah Ghoreishi, managing director Ghassem Damavandian, board members Hamidreza Sharifi-Tehrani, Reza Khaki, Majid Reza Niyazi-Angili and Vali Arlanizadeh.

Nu au fost raportate victime şi nu s-a stabilit dacă explozia a fost un atac sau un accident. Potrivit autorităților, în interiorul parcului Mellat (People), aflat lângă compania de radiodifuziune de stat, a explodat un obiect neidentificat, scrie digi24.ro. „A existat o singură explozie”, a declarat Hamidreza Goudarzi, şeful adjunct al securităţii pentru provincia Teheran, într-o declaraţie adresată agenţiei de știri Tasnim. Întrebat dacă este vorba de un atac terorist, Goudarzi a spus că anchetatorii se află la faţa locului și că se fac cercetări pentru a se stabili cum s-a produs explozia. Videoclipurile distribuite pe reţelele de socializare arată mai multe mașini de pompieri care se grăbesc la faţa locului, și oameni care se întreabă dacă a fost o bombă sau un accident.

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