Radiozamaneh – In 1988, the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) executed at least 4000 political prisoners. IRI has never acknowledged these executions, nor provided any information as to how many prisoners were killed. On 9 Aug 2016, the house of ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a high-ranking political and religious cleric and jurist who passed in 2009 has released a audio …
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Iran’s Nemati Bows Out Of Rio Olympics But Urges Disabled To Compete
Iranian archer Zahra Nemati, a disabled trailblazer who in one of many firsts was Iran’s flag-bearer in the Rio Olympics, exited from the games on August 9 after a loss to Russia’s Inna Stepanova. Nemati, who won the gold medal in archery at the London Paralympics in 2012, was quickly eliminated by Stepanova in a first-round encounter, leaving the Iranian …
Read More »Italy Urged Not To Extradite Iranian Activist
RFL/RE – The son of Iran’s last shah has urged Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to intervene to help an Iranian activist jailed in Italy, saying he risks execution if he is extradited. Mehdi Khosravi was arrested in northern Italy on August 6, with police saying they had carried out an international arrest warrant issued by Tehran, which aimed to …
Read More »British Prime Minister Presses Rohani Over Detained British-Iranian Woman
RFL/RE – British Prime Minister Theresa May has urged the Iranian president to resolve the case of a British-Iranian aid worker who faces trial in Iran. May’s office said on August 9 she had “raised concerns” about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and other dual nationals during a telephone call with President Hassan Rohani. May “stressed the importance of resolving these cases as …
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