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Tears of an Afghan girl facing a grim future under Taliban rule goes viral as UN Secretary-General warns of women's rights being 'ripped away' from them
Now that the Taliban controls the majority of Afghanistan, women and girls are once again fear for …
Joshua Zitser
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Iran spied on her for months and plotted to kidnap her from her Brooklyn home, but a defiant Masih Alinejad says she refuses to be intimidated by the Islamic Republic
Iranian national agents bribed her family, spied on her home, and even looked into using military-s…
Joshua Zitser
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Iranian-American activist at center of kidnapping plot: Iran is 'scared' of me
"It actually shows me the government is scared of me and that our work is effective," she told Insi…
Connor Perrett,Paul Squire
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Activist targeted in kidnapping plot says Iran is testing the US and 'to take no action signals weakness'
Masih Alinejad told Insider she was disappointed by the White House response and the administration…
Erin Snodgrass,Paul Squire
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Watch the viral anti-hijab videos the DOJ says triggered Iranians into trying to kidnap a Brooklyn woman
The Justice Department has accused Iranians of plotting to kidnap Masih Alinejad, an activist in Br…
Kelly McLaughlin
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The activist Iran is accused of plotting to kidnap in NYC enraged the regime with a viral video campaign against its forced hijab laws
Masih Alinejad has long been a thorn in the side of Iran's hardline regime, exposing corruption and…
Tom Porter
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3 men arrested after attempting to kidnap an Iranian-American journalist and activist who is critical of the country's human rights abuses, feds say
"The Iranian regime thinks by trying to kill me, they will silence me, or silence other women. But …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Women in Iran defy the Islamic regime by removing their headscarves and waving them in the air in protests over police custody death, video shows
At the funeral of Mahsa Amini, who died days after being arrested by Iran's morality police, protes…
Joshua Zitser
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A young couple in Iran were sentenced to 10 years in prison after they were filmed dancing together
Astiyazh Haghighi, 21, and her fiance, Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, 22, were filmed dancing romantically i…
Matthew Loh
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Iranian intelligence officials charged with plotting to kidnap a US journalist and activist who was critical of the country's regime, feds say
The Justice Department did not name the target, but journalist Masih Alinejad confirmed to The New …
Erin Snodgrass
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Harrowing video shows Afghan woman pleading for help from an American soldier: 'Taliban coming for me'
Under the Taliban's rule in the 1990s, women were severely oppressed, facing restrictions like bein…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Safety concerns mount for Iranian rock climber Elnaz Rekabi, who competed without a headscarf, as she quietly flies back to Tehran 2 days earlier than planned
Rekabi had gone missing hours before, after contact with her friends was cut off and her passport w…
Matthew Loh
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First images of the Taliban celebrating victory as Kabul capitulates
Videos and images show the Taliban celebrating as they reach the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital…
Alia Shoaib
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There's a water shortage in Iran as temperatures hit 120F. Security forces are firing on protesters to stop demonstrations.
Following weeks of drought in arid southern Iran, protestors were shot at by police when they took …
Tom Porter
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Alireza Fazeli Monfared wanted to live as a free gay man in the West. His family in Iran beheaded him days before his dream came true, say activists.
Alireza Fazeli Monfared's mother found his headless body in a remote village. His killers are yet t…
Joshua Zitser
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Striking videos show Afghan women surging forward and leading men in a Kabul street protest against the Taliban
In one video, a woman is seen raising her fist and hustling the men around her to move forward and …
Cheryl Teh
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Nearly 5,000 people were arrested during Iran's bloody month of protests
Initial protests expressed anger over the economy and the skyrocketing prices of basic necessi…