Yenin, who is in charge of following up on the tragic case, asked that Tehran announce the real reasons behind targeting the plane with two deadly missiles.
Iran shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet last year, killing all aboard amid tensions with the United States over the assassination of a top Iranian general. Relatives of the victims are struggling with the pain of the tragedy and what they see as a lack of accountability and justice.
In August 2017, Abdul Hamid wrote a letter to Khamenei urging him to end discrimination and inequality against Sunnis in Iran.
Ayatollah Mahmoud Amjada member of the seminary in Qom, , warned on his Instagram page on Monday, January 4, that he intends to rise against the "corrupt" seminary and "the ungodly turbaned heads who have no conscience."
On January 3, 2020, two days after A U.S. drone killed Qassem Soleimani outside Baghdad Airport, websites close to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) published a poster headlined, "Qaani, the same as Soleimani."
Iran has released a documentary that attempts to portray 82-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a leader for all Iranians and improve his image.
In Iran, thousands of fathers and mothers whose children have fallen victim to the Islamic Republic's heavy-handed response to protests are deprived of mourning for their loved ones.
"Whenever I asked him what the reason for summoning him was, he used to tersely say, 'They sought ways for improving and moderating society, and there are things that should not be said.'"
A significant shift in the situation of human rights in Iran requires a change in the balance of power between the government and people who are seeking change.
"One of the nightmares of my life that always recurs is that [my father's murder] seems to happen again and again in my sleep, while I struggle to find a way to stop it."
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says 21 journalists worldwide were singled out for murder in reprisal for their work in 2020, more than double the previous year’s figure of 10.
U.S. sanctions have put the spotlight on the activities of Iran's Al-Mustafa International University, a network of religious seminaries that has been accused of espionage and the recruitment of foreign fighters.
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