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September 2010 (2)
Sep 28 2010 11:00PM
After a lifetime in his country, Tuka Niyestani son of the late poet Manuchehr Niystani left Iran for the following reasons:

I was getting tired of my criminal life. I used to teach graphics to some young men and women but that was not acceptable. I used to have live models but that was not acceptable. In my classes I was talking of things that were not...

Sep 7 2010 7:07PM
Iran is holding the biggest number of political prisoners

Human Rights House of Iran reports that at present there are more than 600 political prisoners kept in the Iranian prisons. The figure might be higher but information is hard to verify the correct figure. Out of the 600 prisoners: 173...

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