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Kurdish-Iranian Woman Who Died in Police Custody Awarded EU Human Rights Prize

The European Union has honored a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman with its highest human rights award after her death in Iran last year triggered global

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Iran Launches New Crackdown, Targeting E-commerce Giant for Photos of Female Employees Without Headscarves

A week after authorities in Iran threatened to renew a crackdown on women not wearing the hijab, the country’s morality police has shut down

Religious News From Around the Web June 8, 2020

Polls: Policy Decisions Forcing Religion's Decline in U.S., Religious freedom and Public Health, Racism a "spiritual virus," Tulsi Gabbard Addresses Hindu Commencement, Abraham Lincoln

Is Iran the Eternal Enemy of the West? By L. Arik Greenberg, Ph.D.

I grew up in the 1970s, when the U.S. first had overtly negative dealings with Iran. In 1953, we had helped to topple the

Religious News from Around the Web, Feb 3rd 2020

Iran vs. Religion, Mass Wedding, Same-Sex Adoption, Religious School Funding, Christians Released, Should Churches Report Child Abuse? William Barr Warns of Militant Secularism, Catholic

The Missionary Who Became a Superhero By Randolph Dobbs

There must be some kind of missionary muscle some people develop during the course of their religious service. Nayyereh Aminian would become a virtual

Twitter Suspends Several Iranian State-run News Accounts

Twitter Suspends Several Iranian State-run News Accounts

Iran news outlets blocked for harassing followers of the Baha'i Faith The social networking site Twitter has responded to the harassment of Baha'is by

Ten Persecuted Christian Share Their Stories

Ten Persecuted Christian Share Their Stories

Persecuted Christians speak at the U.S. State Department's Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom The U.S. State Department held the largest human rights event they've

Pope Sends Flood Relief to Iran

Pope Sends Flood Relief to Iran

The Church's own Caritas is already on the ground Pope Francis sent 100,000 euros (amounting to about $113,000) after 23 of Iran's 31 provinces

Activist Masih Alinejad Says Iran Has Turned Her Family Against Her

Activist Masih Alinejad Says Iran Has Turned Her Family Against Her

Iranian activist Masih Alinejad believes women must always have a choice on what they wear. Masih Alinejad, the Iranian woman infamous in her country