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Month: June 2017

Saeid Rezai Faces Health Problems in Rajai Shahr Prison

HRANA News Agency – Saeid Rezai, one of the seven former directors of Baha’i community of Iran, imprisoned in Rajai Shahr…

Ayatollah Nekounam in Critical Health Condition in Prison

HRANA News Agency – The general health condition of Ayatollah Nekounam, critic clergy who is imprisoned in Saheli prison of Qom,…

Juvenile Offender Faces Execution in Iran

Iran Human Rights -  According to the Iranian state-run news agency, Rokna, a juvenile offender identified as Farshid, 22, is facing…

Reformist Politician: President Rouhani Must Stand Up to Supreme Leader Khamenei’s Hardline Policies

CHRI - Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's ongoing public criticism of President Hassan Rouhani is "rooted in the fact that the leader…

Azeri Rights Activist Imprisoned Despite Posting Bail One Year Ago Begins Hunger Strike

CHRI - Siamak Mirzaei, an Azeri ethnic rights activist, started a hunger strike on June 25, 2017 in Tehran's Evin Prison…

Rouhani faces unprecedented attack by Iranian hard-liners

Al-monitor - On June 23, Iranian hard-liners once again attacked moderate President Hassan Rouhani, but this time was different. A group…

Mojdeh Tabatabaei: Iran Contemporary Art Scene Grows Bigger At International Fairs

HONARONLINE - Mojdeh Tabatabaei, the owner of Mojdeh Art Gallery, says it takes a lot of guts for Iranian galleries to…

Six metropolises, 289 cities in Iran facing water stress

PayvandNews - Six metropolises of Isfahan, Bushehr, Bandar Abbas, Shiraz, Kerman, and Mashhad and 289 other cities in Iran are currently…

U.S. Seeks To Seize Property From Iranian Charity In Iran Sanctions Case

RFL/RE - U.S. attorneys offered closing arguments on June 26 in a case where the government is attempting to seize…

Trump’s Temporary Ban On Visitors From Six Nations To Take Effect June 29

RFL/RE - The U.S. State Department said on June 26 that it will start carrying out President Donald Trump's temporary…