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Tourists visit the ruins of Persepolis near the city of Shiraz in southern Iran on Jan 25. Persepolis, a UNESCO world heritage site, was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia (550-330 BC). The importance and quality of the monumental ruins make it a unique archaeological site. Activists report that Iran has handed 10-year jail sentences to a young couple, after a video of their romantic dance in front of Teheran's historic Azadi Tower in November went viral. - XINHUA

A picture shows the damage after an earthquake struck the city of Khoy in Iran's West Azerbaijan province on January 29, 2023. - A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck northwest Iran near the border with Turkey late Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring 816, state media said - AFP

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Tehran, Iran - FILE PIX

US Attorney General Merrick Garland, with Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the arrests of three people who allegedly took part in a Tehran-backed plot to assassinate dissident Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad - AFP

Iran has been gripped by demonstrations since the September 16, 2022, death in custody of Masha Amini, a young Iranian Kurd who had been arrested for allegedly violating the country's strict dress code for women. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Protesters burn a portrait of Rasmus Paludan, leader of Danish far-right political party Hard Line, in front of the Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul on Jan 22, 2023. - (Photo by YASIN AKGUL / AFP)

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Olivier Vandecasteele arrested in February last year by Iran's security agencies was handed preliminary sentences on Tuesday on four charges. - Pic from Radio Free Europe