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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who plans to attend the UN General Assembly session opening in New York on Tuesday 13 September, must be held to account for his involvement in the 1988 massacre of thousands of political prisoners, including several hundred journalists, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF), pointing out that, even now, 22 journalists are imprisoned in appalling conditions in Iran.
The body of distinguished contemporary Iranian poet Amir-Hushang Ebtehaj Samiei Gilani, who died earlier this month at the age of 94, has been laid to rest in his home town in the northern province of Gilan.
Hundreds of Iranians attended a funeral service in Tehran on Friday for the country's best-known contemporary poet, Hushang Ebtehaj, who died earlier this month aged 94. Ebtehaj, whose Persian pen name was Sayeh (the Shadow), shot to fame composing lyrical poems themed on love and solitude, as well as reflections on the struggles and upsides of life in Iran. He died of kidney failure in Germany and his remains were transferred to his home country ahead of Friday's service, which was attended by a crowd of officials, artists and admirers.
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