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Iranian Dissident Masih Alinejad Won't Be Silenced
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMasih Alinejad in New York on Feb. 3, 2023. Credit - Celeste Sloman for TIME It’s been 13 years since Masih Alinejad hugged her mother. That realization...
Hunted in Brooklyn: Activist targeted by Iran in assassination plot says Rushdie attack has made her...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Masih Alinejad first heard the news of the attack on author Salman Rushdie, she had more reason...
Politics, Sports and Hollywood: Women Unite at Time’s 2023 Gala Honoring Masih Alinejad, Megan...
WWD via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis year's list also featured Quinta Brunson, Phoebe Bridgers, Ramla Ali, Ayisha Siddiqa, Olena...
California woman sentenced to 4 years in NYC for funding Iranian operatives in assassination plot of...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA California woman got four years in prison Friday for channeling funds to Iranian intelligence operatives in a plot to kidnap and murder Brooklyn-based dissident journalist and women’s rights ...
Protected Iran critic speaks at sentence in plot against her
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn Iranian opposition activist who U.S. authorities said was the target of two thwarted kidnapping...
Some Advice for Russia’s Newest Opposition Leader
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThis weekend, Yulia Navalnaya watched as Vladimir Putin, the dictator who imprisoned and some argue killed her husband Alexei, was again “elected”...
Safety concerns mount for Iranian rock climber Elnaz Rekabi, who competed without a headscarf, as...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIranian sport climber Elnaz Rekabi competes in a previous competition.MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty...
Wave of protests in Iran reflects seething anger over how its regime treats women
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMahsa Amini’s death has ignited a wave of protests across Iran, exposing a raw anger among Iranian...
Here Are the Favorites To Win the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA plaque depicting Alfred Nobel at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2008 in Oslo,...
Many Iranian women demand political change amid decades-long grievances
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLike millions of other Iranian women, retired teacher Somayyeh has been repressed by the country's hardline Islamic laws for decades but was too frightened to stand up to ruling clerics - until ...