Negar Mojtahedi
Online News Reporter/Producer
Negar is an online news reporter/producer.
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Video Archives
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Protests condemning executions in Iran
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Chilling execution spree in Iran
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No cause determined in deadly 2018 Lynn Valley apartment fire
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Thousands attend rally in London in support of hunger striker Vahid Beheshti
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Hundreds in Vancouver protest against IRGC
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Metro Vancouver Baha’is raise alarm about ‘apartheid’ in Iran
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Metro Vancouver activists play key role tracking violence against women and girls in Iran
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Cousin of Surrey murder victim speaks out
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Dark clouds hang over Nowruz celebrations
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Rally held to condemn poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran
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B.C. family struggling to find woman believed detained in Iran
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Family fears Canadian-Iranian woman detained in 2021
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Canadian woman missing in Iran for over a year
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Canadians raising awareness for victims of Iranian regime
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BC woman imprisoned in Iran when she was pregnant tells harrowing story
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Canadian activists track Islamic Republic atrocities including pregnant woman set for execution
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B.C. MP sponsors young Iranian man on death row
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Human rights activist says global community needs to put more pressure on Islamic Republic
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B.C. MP worried about his political sponsor Mohammad Ghobadlou
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Rally in North Vancouver for third anniversary of Flight PS752 downing
Author Archives
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‘The world is watching’: Large crowds in Vancouver protests executions in IranAccording to Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, from Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights, in the past three and half months, Iran has executed 267 people.WorldMay 21
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Officials raise the alarm about ‘execution spree’ in Iran“We are facing genocide,” Naela Quadri Baloch said. “They are killing Baloch in cold-blooded manner in the name of enemies of God.”WorldMay 15
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Family still grieves for answers 5 years after fatal fire in North VancouverNorth Vancouver RCMP launched a joint investigation with the District of North Vancouver and could not pinpoint what caused the deadly fire.FireMay 8
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B.C. man worries for cousin, a Bahá’í woman jailed in Iran’s Evin prisonBaha’is in Iran are not allowed to attend university, they’re barred from holding any public sector job, and their homes are often subject to raids and demolition.WorldApr 24
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Chemical attacks on Iranian school girls on the riseSaeed Ghasseminejad, a Senior Advisor and Financial Economist at the FDD says “there are more than 300 deliberate chemical attacks are confirmed.”CrimeApr 14
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‘Confusing feeling’: Iranian Canadian activist shares anguish, hope on Persian New YearThe fight for freedom in Iran weighs heavily on the minds of the Iranian Canadian community, casting a dark shadow over an ancient holiday linked with spring and renewal.CanadaMar 20
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Rally condemning suspected poisonings of Iranian schools girls held in VancouverAfter months of downplaying the incidents, Iran’s Health Minister said the girls have suffered “mild poison attacks.”CanadaMar 12
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Canadian woman missing in Iran and her family believes she’s been detainedHer family says Behnoush, a Canadian-Iranian who lived in Metro Vancouver, was not a political person. She was a manager at a spa in West Vancouver.WorldMar 7
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Canadian activists cataloguing atrocities in IranFarid Najafi, one of the founders of Iranian Knowledge said the couple, bloggers based out of Tehran, “were arrested and violently beaten up.WorldFeb 3
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B.C. MP advocating for young Iranian protestor reportedly at risk of imminent executionJohn Aldag said watching the video of Mohammed Ghobodloo’s mother breaks his heart and gives him, even more, resolve to push for justice for his political sponsor and his family.CrimeJan 13
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Thousands rally in North Vancouver, B.C., in solidarity for Flight 752 victims’ familiesThousands of people participated and showed their support for the the victims and families impacted by the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 Sunday afternoon.WorldJan 8
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Calls for justice as 3rd anniversary of downing of flight Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 approachesOn Jan. 8, 2020, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shot the plane down shortly after takeoff from Tehran, killing all 176 passengers and crew aboard.CanadaJan 6
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Iranian protester left blind in one eye, faces barriers to come to Canada for helpSaman is one of the hundreds of victims to have suffered severe eye injuries by security forces since mid-September according to doctors in Iran.WorldJan 2
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Canadian doctors raise alarm as Iranian healthcare workers targeted by regimeThe Iranian regime is allegedly detaining, torturing and killing healthcare workers who have treated patients injured during anti-government protests.WorldDec 23, 2022
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Iranian-Canadians call on MPs to take a stand against regime’s deadly crackdownA B.C. woman is calling on Canadian MPs to become political sponsors of Iranian political prisoners, most of whom are in danger of imminent execution on bogus charges.CanadaDec 15, 2022
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‘Silence is not the answer’: Iranian-Canadians horrified by first-known executionIranian-Canadian human rights advocate Nazanin Afshin-Jam, who founded Stop Child Executions, said the western world needs to take action now and go beyond condemnation.WorldDec 8, 2022
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‘Oppressions and injustice’: Canadians want fair trial for imprisoned Iranian philanthropistsVancouver doctors seek help for Farzaneh and Dr. Hamid Ghare-Hassanlou, who are among 28 people who may face execution in connection with the ongoing freedom protests in Iran.WorldDec 5, 2022
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Canadian, American, Iranian lawyers team up to identify IRGC members in CanadaA B.C.-based lawyer has helped created a website to identify and investigate reports of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members living in Canada.CanadaDec 2, 2022
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‘It was very emotional’: B.C. woman describes taking part in protests in IranNazanin, a B.C. woman, recently returned home to Metro Vancouver from Iran after taking part in protests and witnessing events that have left her with nightmares.WorldNov 17, 2022
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Iranian-born Canadian fears for his friends in Iranian prison where he spent 11 yearsSaeed Malekpour, living in exile in Vancouver, spent 11 years behind bars in Evin and anxiously watched dramatic videos of the fire on his social media feeds.WorldOct 21, 2022
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Crackdown in Kurdish region of Iran hits home for Port Moody, B.C. womanVideo has begun to emerge showing the Iranian government has brought in tanks to crush protests in the Kurdish town of Sanandaj in the country's west.WorldOct 13, 2022
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Images of violence at university prompt ‘rage and helplessness’ among Iranian-CanadiansViolence broke out at Iran's Sharif University of Technology this weekend, with witnesses describing police beating and detaining scores of student protesters.WorldOct 3, 2022
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‘Mahsa is all these people’: Vancouverites rally over death of Iranian woman in police custodyProtesters gathered at the U.S. consulate in Vancouver, some holding banners bearing Amini's photo and calling for justice, amid chants of "USA don't support terrorists."WorldSep 22, 2022
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Petition pushes B.C. government for tighter COVID-19 travel and quarantine restrictionsOne SFU expert said different strains of COVID-19 are moving about and there is "definitely a connection" between travel and the spread of the novel coronavirus.HealthJan 20, 2021
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‘My life is different now’: B.C. woman remembers parents killed in Iran plane crash, one year laterKimia Pourshaban Oshibi says grieving has been especially difficult under the COVID-19 pandemic.CanadaJan 8, 2021