Iran: Publicly Lashes Man in a City Centre
ILA: A man was publicly lashed International Liberty Association: A man who has been accused as a thief by the Iranian regime was flogged in public on 1 January, 2020, in the city centre of Shahreza, a local state-run website reported. Shahreza News agency quoted the city’s Revolutionary and Public Prosecutor as saying that the man was... Read More
Young Mom Kills Two Kids, Then Herself Due To Extreme Poverty
A young woman killed her two children before taking her own life on Sunday, 10 February, due to extreme poverty in western Iran. The young woman, Zahra Rahmati, is believed to have killed her two sons – 6 year old Ali-Reza and 3 year old Amir-Abbas – and then herself in the town of Sahneh in the western province of... Read More
Half of Iran’s population lives in absolute poverty
Rasoul Khezri, a member of parliament in Iran, says 50 percent of the population live in absolute poverty, and the poverty line has reached up to 6 million tomans, while before the Rouhani’s second term, 12% of the people were in absolute poverty and the poverty line was close to 3 million tomans, so, the percentage of people who are... Read More