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Families of Iranian protesters in jail say their loved ones are being tortured. LONDON -- Actress Taraneh Alidoosti was arrested over the weekend by the Iranian regime for supporting the ongoing protests, becoming the most prominent person in the country to be targeted. Alidoosti, who starred in the 2016 film "The Salesman," which won an Academy Award for best foreign language film, had posted a photo of herself without a headscarf to her 8 million Instagram followers. She also held a sign with the revolutionary slogan: "Woman, life freedom." "Every international organization who is watching this bloodshed and not taking action is a disgrace to humanity," she posted on social media, denouncing the execution of protesters in prison. The protests began after a 22-year-old woman was detained by the country's morality police for not wearing a headscarf in public. She later died in prison. Alidoosti's first request was to allow her family to send her m...

An Italian court had delayed a hearing on whether to hand over to Belgium a woman who is charged along with her parents in an influence-peddling scandal in the European Parliament BRESCIA, Italy -- An Italian court said Tuesday that it will seek information on prison conditions in Belgium before ruling on whether to turn over a woman for possible trial in Brussels in an influence-peddling scandal that has rocked the European Parliament. Silvia Panzeri, a lawyer by training, is being sought to face charges of participating in a criminal group, corruption and money laundering in Brussels. But prosecutor Umberto Vallerina said that her hearing in the northern city of Brescia has been delayed until Jan. 3 pending a report by the Italian Justice Ministry. A panel of judges accepted the defense motion to seek documentation via the Italian justice minister on whether Belgian prison conditions are acceptable and comply with human rights conventions possibly including a fact-finding mission. P...