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Now playing Next Iran Iranian girl injured on Tehran metro while not wearing headscarf dies The official version is Armita Geravand fainted and hit her head, but there are rumours she was assaulted on the train for not wearing a headscarf. 28/10/2023
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Now playing Next Iran Two Iranian journalists sentenced for 'collaborating with US' Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi have been given prison terms of up to seven years each - a move that has triggered international criticism. 22/10/2023
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Now playing Next Iran 'Unbearable' alleged assault on Iran teen condemned in Europe "Once again a young woman in Iran is fighting for her life. Just because she showed her hair on the subway," wrote German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. 05/10/2023
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Now playing Next Iran Euroviews. Water woes could pave the way for improved EU-Iran relations The bigger picture that the EU needs to consider if it wants to devise an effective and comprehensive strategy towards Iran is one of a country facing a fundamental political, economic, environmental, societal, and demographic crisis, Cornelius Adebahr writes. 29/08/2023
Now playing Next Iran Euroviews. The West turned its gaze away from Iran. The cruelties continued More than 30 years ago, the regime in Tehran tried to silence me. My heart aches for the young women imprisoned and still suffering in Iran today, Nasrin Parvaz writes. 28/07/2023