iranhumanrights – Ahead of the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council, 46 Iranian and international non-governmental organizations sent a letter to all diplomatic missions based in Geneva, Switzerland

alarabiya – Eleven members of an Iranian opposition group accused of attacking mosques and public property have been sentenced to jail terms of up to six years, state news agency IRNA said Monday.

rferl.org – The United States has said it is ready to act in Syria to end chemical attacks and “inhuman suffering” if Russia, Iran, and Syria continue to allegedly ignore a 30-day cease-fire approved by the United Nations,

RFL/RE – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) says three men who attacked a military checkpoint in southeastern Iran have been killed.

Radiofarda – In an exclusive interview with Radio Farda, the woman renowned as the second “Daughter of Enghelab (Revolution) Street” insists that despite her conviction for publicly removing her headscarf, she remains staunchly against compulsory hijab. Tasnim news agency, close to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), quoted prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi on March 7 as saying she had attempted …

RadioFarda – Zmnako Muhammad Ahmad was among dozens of children adopted in Iran after losing family in the deadly chemical-gas attack on the Iraqi Kurdish city of Halabja on March 16, 1988. Zmnako has returned to the country of his birth, where he has found his biological roots and has become a passionate campaigner against the use of chemical weapons. …

Radiofarda – Iran’s hardline prosecutor-general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri has warned that the country’s Judiciary will take “legal action” against the supporters of Ayatollah Sadeq Shirazi.

RFL/RE – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Islamabad on March 11 to lead a delegation of political and business officials, Pakistan state television reports.

RFL/RE – The BBC says it is appealing to the United Nations to protect the human rights of its journalists and their families amid an escalation of persecution and harassment by Iranian authorities. The British broadcaster said in a statement on March 12 that it filed an “urgent appeal” to UN Special Rapporteurs David Kaye and Asma Jahangir on behalf …

Al-Arabia A 26-year-old Austrian was shot dead outside the Iranian ambassador’s residence in Vienna on Sunday night after he attacked a guard with a knife, police said.