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Keywan Karimi
This 2015 photo provided by Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi, shows him in Kuedistan, Iran. (Keywan Karimi via AP)
November 25, 2016, 4:26 am
Iran jails filmmaker for ‘insulting footage’
Keywan Karimi, 30, starts year-long term for documenting political graffiti
By Adam Schreck
Undated file photo of Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi (left) and cameraman Arasto Givi (right), during a scene of the film 'Writing on the City,' overlooking Tehran, Iran. (Keywan Karimi via AP)
January 18, 2016, 4:45 pm
Two poets flee Iran to escape lashings, prison
Rights groups say crackdown on expression part of battle between hardliners and moderates in run-up to election
By Jon Gambrell
In this undated photo made available by International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Iranian poets Fatemeh Ekhtesari, left, and Mehdi Mousavi pose in an unknown place in Iran. (International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran via AP)
October 29, 2015, 7:59 am
Iran poets sentenced to 99 lashes for holding women’s hands
Widespread crackdown on free expression by judiciary and regime security services seen as effort to prevent ‘soft revolution’
By Jon Gambrell
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