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Indian badminton player Tanya Hemanth forced to wear hijab during award ceremony at Iran Fajr International Challenge in Tehran

OpIndia Staff - 6 February, 2023

The organisers of the badminton tournament held in Iran had reportedly forced the Indian player to wear a hijab before collecting her award.

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Iran threatens to impose $18 billion penalty on Pakistan: Here is why

OpIndia Staff - 2 February, 2023

The Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Project, also known as Peace Project, had initially included India as well.

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Drones drop bombs at a defence factory in Iran, govt calls the attack unsuccessful, claims drones eliminated by air defence

OpIndia Staff - 29 January, 2023

Drones carrying bombs targeted a defence factory in the central city of Isfahan in Iran on Saturday night

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Iran threatens French magazine Charlie Hebdo with Salman Rushdie-like fate for publishing cartoons on Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

OpIndia Staff - 16 January, 2023

Charlie Hebdo recently published a raft of critical cartoons mocking Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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UK imposes sanctions on Iran’s Prosecutor General after the execution of British-Iranian Alireza Akbari by Iran

ANI - 14 January, 2023

UK sanctions Iran prosecutor general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri for execution of British Iranian national Alireza Akbari

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Iranian man arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning Islamist terror attack, read details

ANI - 9 January, 2023

The Iranian national was arrested in Castrop-Rauxel near Dortmund on suspicion of procuring toxins, including cyanide and ricin to carry out a terror attack, Politico reported citing German authorities.

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Iran executes 2 more youths involved in anti-hijab protests, 11 sentenced to jail

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2023

"Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Syed Mohammad Husseini, the two men whose crimes led to the martyrdom of Ruhollah Azmin, have been hanged to death today," the judiciary said while sentencing the two protesters.

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Iranian Chess player competes at tournament without hijab

ANI - 29 December, 2022

Iranian Chess player Sara Khadem, also known as Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, recently took part in a tournament without wearing a hijab

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Iran voted out from UN Commission on the Status of Women after US moves resolution, India abstains from voting

OpIndia Staff - 16 December, 2022

Notably, the resolution received 29 votes in favour, 8 including Russia and China against it, while 16 countries abstained from voting including India.

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