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Month: February 2018

Iran beats Australia to finish third at 2018 Men’s Indoor Hockey World Cup

PayvandNews - The Iran men's national field hockey team has defeated the Australian squad at the 2018 Men's Indoor Hockey World…

HOW A ROCK STAR OF IRANIAN DIGITAL ACTIVISM BUILT A CULTURE OF MISOGYNY AND FEAR

theverge - The news came down on Thanksgiving Day. ASL19 founder Ali Karimzadeh Bangi, one of the leading lights of…

Qods Force Commander Soleimani Defends Khamenei

RFL/RE -Those who publicly criticize Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei betray the Islamic Revolution and its founder, Ayatollah Khomeini, says…

CHRI Calls For UN Investigation Into Deaths In Custody

Iran’s judiciary is “fully responsible” for the death of an Iranian-Canadian citizen who died while in police custody, the New…

Round-Up Of Environmentalists Continues With The Arrest Of A Top Official

RFL/RE - Mahmoud Sadeqi, an outspoken member of the Iranian parliament says that the deputy chief of Iran’s Department of…

‘Not Believable’: Friends Of Iranian-Canadian Activist Discount ‘Suicide’

RFL/RE - Academics in Iran and rights activists are calling for a serious and transparent investigation into the death of…

Iran: Speaking Swedish, acting North Korean

AL-Arabia - For the past decade February, part of which coincides with the month of Bahman on the Iranian calendar,…

US defense secretary: Iran is present everywhere we find trouble in Mideast

AL-Arabia - US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said that Israel has an “absolute right to defend itself” against Iran…

Defenders of Human Rights in Iran Mourn The Passing of Asma Jahangir

Iran Human Rights - The following joint statement was issued by 19 human rights defender organisations to commemorate Asma Jahangir, the United Nations…

Iranian graffitists feel walled in

Al-Monitor - “You are no artist if you are drawing on a wall with spray paint. You are either a…