RFL/RE – World powers are pushing Saudi Arabia and Iran to stop interfering in Lebanon’s politics while urging Iranian ally Hizballah to rein in its military activities in neighboring states.
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Arabs agitate in Ahwaz after seizure of farm lands
Al-Arabia – Thousands of Arab citizens demonstrated, on Friday, in the streets of the city of Ahwaz, the center of the Arabistan province, protesting against the confiscation of lands of Arab farmers.
Read More »Iran: Imprisoned Foreign Student Threatened
HRW – US Citizen Arrested for Historical Research Serving 10-Year Term
Read More »Iran’s Culture Minister Says He’s Trying to “Transform” Conservative Clerics’ Views on Music
CHRI – Before musicians can perform concerts in Iran without the threat of the authorities suddenly canceling them, someone has to convince conservative Shia Muslim clerics that music is not un-Islamic.
Read More »Iran’s Student Movement Faces Roadblocks Under Rouhani Despite Election Campaign Promises
CHRI – Protests were held at several Iranian universities on December 7, 2017, on the occasion of Student Day. One activist told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) that President Hassan Rouhani has failed to uphold his election campaign promise to end the securitization of university campuses.
Read More »IRGC Commander Turned Musician Says He Was Banned From Producing Music by the Intelligence Ministry
CHRI – Rouhani Government and MPs Ignore Hossein Zaman’s Pleas for Help
Read More »Opposition Leader Under House Arrest Offers to Serve Remainder of Imprisoned Mothers’ Sentences
CHRI – Zahra Rahnavard, who has been under extrajudicial house arrest with her husband Mir Hossein Mousavifor nearly seven years, has offered to take the place of political prisoners who are mothers.
Read More »Iranian media workers warn of ‘death of independent journalism’
Al-Monitor – “Working as a professional journalist is subject to obtaining a journalist’s license from the Media Governance Organization [MGO] of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” This sentence is part of Article 52 of the [MGO] Bill, which is currently being reviewed by the administration’s Cultural Commission. The bill, which has six chapters and 66 articles, was introduced and drafted in …
Read More »Iran’s Siamand Rahman clinches gold at 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships
PayvandNews – Iranian Paralympic powerlifter Siamand Rahman has produced a magnificent display of strength and prowess at the 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships in Mexico, and been awarded the top honor.
Read More »U.K. Foreign Secretary To Visit Iran To Press For Release Of Jailed Briton
RFL/RE – Britain says Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will travel to Iran on December 9 to meet with his Iranian counterpart and lobby for the release of an Iranian-British woman jailed in Tehran. Johnson’s office did not identify jailed aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe by name in its December 8 statement but said that he would press for the release of …
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