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Month: July 2017

Police Arrest Peaceful Participants at Annual Commemoration for Popular Dissident Poet Ahmad Shamlu

CHRI - Iranian police and security forces dispersed a gathering marking the 17th anniversary of popular poet Ahmad Shamlu's death and arrested several…

Iranians support restarting nuclear program if US backs out of deal

Al-monitor - Iranians’ approval of the 2015 nuclear deal is growing, but so is their appetite for restarting the country’s suspended…

Victories put Iranian Reformists on path to repeat past failures

Al-Monitor — It has become customary for Iran’s Reformists to unite in the face of defeat and to attack one another…

Firm Says Tehran-Linked Hackers Used Fake Female Profile To Lure Men

RFL/RE - A cybersecurity firm says hackers working for the Iranian government have impersonated a young female photographer on social media…

Ex-Vice President Criticizes Iran’s Judiciary, Treatment Of Inmates

RFL/RE - Former Vice President Hamid Baghaei has criticized Iran's judiciary and the treatment of prisoners following his release on…

US slams ‘provocative’ Iran satellite-launch rocket test

Al-Arabia - The United States on Thursday hit out at Iran over its test of a satellite-launch rocket, saying it appeared…

Islamic State Threatens Iran in New Video

VOA - The Islamic State group has issued a short new video in which it threatens the Islamic Republic of Iran…

Detained Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi Recovering From Emergency Medical Procedure

CHRI - Six Years Later, Karroubi Still Awaiting First Trial Former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi, under extrajudicial house arrest since 2011,…

Prisoners’ Families Plead for Stays of Executions Until Vote on Potentially Life-Saving Amendment

CHRI - The families of prisoners facing imminent execution gathered in front of the judiciary's headquarters in Tehran on July 26,…

Iran Shrugs Off US Demand for Release of Imprisoned Citizens

CHRI - Iranian Judiciary Chief Sadegh Larijani has responded to the Trump administration's recent demand that Iran free imprisoned US citizens…