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Maryam Khanum

Iran Sentences Couple to Torture for 'Threatening Public Health by Keeping a Cat'

Niloufar Ghazaleh and Mohammad Ali Moghimi from the Isfahan province have been involved in a legal case with the judiciary which began last year, after Ghazaleh's car was stopped by police officers due to her "improper hijab". (Credit: Iran Human Rights' Instagram)

An Iranian couple was sentenced to prison time and flogging for a series of charges, including "keeping a cat".

Niloufar Ghazaleh and Mohammad Ali Moghimi from the Isfahan province have been involved in a legal case with the judiciary which began last year, after Ghazaleh's car was stopped by police officers due to her "improper hijab".

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