AL-Arabia – In the background on the continuing protests across Iran, the Persian-language media based outside the country, have become the major source of alternative news and information for Iranians. 

CHRI – Four Sufi Gonabadi Dervishes Detained Without Charge A member of the reformist women’s faction in Iran’s Parliament has publicly enquired about the condition of university students who were arrested since anti-state protests broke out in Iran on December 28, 2017.

CHRI – The authorities of Evin Prison have told imprisoned Baha’i educator Azita Rafizadeh that she will only be considered for furlough if she apologizes for teaching online classes to members of her faith.

RFL/RE — A new report by the Carnegie Endowment says Iran’s cyberoperations have become increasingly sophisticated and damaging to its adversaries and are now a prime policy tool for its security agencies.

RFL/RE – Some credit him with providing a crucial information platform for Iranian protesters as they take on the Iranian regime. Tehran, however, accuses him of inciting violence and spreading fake news.

AL-Arabia – Protests that have rocked Iran have reached the ninth consecutive day on Friday amid rising calls for more demonstrations under the slogan “The Friday of Anger for our Martyrs” referring to the 50 protesters who were killed so far by Iranian security forces, according to the opposition.

RFL/RE – Iranian lawmaker Parvaneh Salahshouri says about 90 students have been arrested in the past few days.

RFL/RE – Pro-government demonstrators have held rallies in several Iranian cities in the midst of a diplomatic battle over an emergency meeting by the UN Security Council over deadly antigovernment protests in the country during the past week.

RFL/RE – A group of UN human rights experts say they are “very disturbed” by the way Iranian authorities have responded to the rallies that have led to the deaths of at least 22 people.

RFL/RE – Pro-government demonstrators have taken to the streets of Iran for a third day ahead of a United Nations Security Council emergency meeting about deadly antigovernment protests in the country during the past week. Reports in Western media about antigovernment demonstrations in Iran have decreased since Tehran blocked key social media used by the protesters to spread video of …