Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ramin Mehmanparast was subjected to physical abuse in front of the UN headquarters in New York. He was beaten by a group of Iranian and Syrian opposition, according to the Turkish site Haber.com.
The opposition held a protest outside the United Nations building where the Iranian president was making a speech. Protesters demanded that Tehran stop supporting the Assad regime in Syria. Police took the Iranian Press Secretary of the Foreign Ministry from the scene. -05D04-
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The trial of Aziz Orudjev, the head of the online publication Kanal-13, continued on February 5 at the Sabail District Court.
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On 4 February, the Baku Court of Appeal released former Russian judge Yelena Khakhaleva, who was arrested in Azerbaijan at the request of the Russian Prosecutor's Office.
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Afgan Sadygov, the head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.TV, who has been on a dry hunger strike since February 2 in the Tbilisi detention center, lost consciousness on Tuesday evening, his wife Sevinc Sadygova told Turan.
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On February 5, a preparatory hearing was held in the Baku Court for Serious Crimes, chaired by Vugar Ibrahimov, in the case of former diplomat Emin Ibrahimov. The main hearings are scheduled for February 12.
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