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Month: March 2017

Iranian Boats Block U.S., British Navy Ships In Strait of Hormuz

RFL/RE - A U.S. official has told Reuters that several fast-attack ships from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) came…

Report: Revised Trump Travel Order Expected To Be Signed

RFL/RE - U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to soon sign a revised executive order temporarily barring entry of people…

Iran indicts nuclear negotiator, holds Iranian-American on fraud charges

Al-arabia - Iran has indicted a member of its nuclear negotiating team who was arrested last year on suspicion of…

Increasing Concern for Health of Jailed Rights Lawyer, Dissident Cleric in Iran

Radiozmaneh - Iranian human right lawyer, Abdolfattah Soltani, who has been languishing in jail over two thousand days, is in…

Netanyahu to Meet Putin, Says Iran Seeks Permanent Foothold in Syria

VOA - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday to voice…

Iran: Eight Prisoners in Imminent Danger of Execution

Iran Human Rights -  Eight death row prisoners in Iran are in imminent danger of execution after authorities transferred them…

Iran: Seven Prisoners Hanged in One Day

Iran Human Rights -  At least seven prisoners were executed in Iran on Saturday March 4. Four prisoners, including two…

Evin Prison Violating Iranian Law by Keeping Political Prisoners in Wards With Violent Offenders

Iranhumanrights,org - Some Prisoners Attacked With "Brass Knuckles and Knives" The authorities of Evin Prison in Tehran are violating Iranian…

IRAN: FURTHER INFORMATION: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER BEING TORTURED IN EVIN: ARASH SADEGHI

Amnesty - Iranian prisoner of conscience and human rights defender Arash Sadeghi is being subjected to torture by Revolutionary Guard…

Iran’s President Rouhani welcomes Azerbaijan’s Aliyev, hails ties as ‘brotherly, strategic’

PayvandNews - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has hailed relations with neighboring Azerbaijan as "friendly, brotherly and strategic," saying they share…