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In Iran, he roamed the street with his wife's severed head

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  There has been a nationwide reaction to the alleged "honour killing" of a woman in Iran at the hands of her husband. The woman's husband was walking on the streets with her severed head. People are strongly criticizing Iran's judicial system. In the city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iran, a man has killed his 17-year-old wife by beheading her. After this, the person kept walking on the streets of Iran with that severed head in his hand. Its pictures and video footage have gone viral on social media. On Thursday, Iran's prosecutors said the man and his brother had been arrested in connection with the murder and would now face trial soon. Along with this, the media has now been banned from printing his picture or showing the video. The name of the woman who died is Mona Haydri and her husband's name is Sajjad Haydri. At the age of 12, Mona was married off to her relative's brother, Sajjad, and that too without her consent. Unconfirmed reports have revealed t...

Another major complaint of apartheid at Tesla's plant

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  A California agency has filed a complaint against Tesla Company for racial discrimination. The agency says that hundreds of employees have complained to them about the discrimination being done against black people in the company. There have been complaints of racial discrimination at the Fremont factory of Elon Musk's company Tesla. Kevin Kish, director of the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, DFEH, issued a statement saying that the agency has "received evidence that Tesla's Fremont factory is a racially segregated workplace where black workers are employed." discriminated against in terms of work, position, pay and promotions given to them." The complaint states that black workers at the factory were treated with racist jokes and derogatory words by their managers and fellow workers. Huh. Kish says that hundreds of employees working in the factory have sent complaints to his agency. Tesla issued a statement on Wednesday, just before the a...