Radiofarda – Iran’s judiciary has banned the use of the Telegram messaging app, saying it has been used to organize attacks and street protests, according to state television and a news agency affiliated with the judiciary.
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Trump, Netanyahu Discuss Iran’s Destabilizing Activities in Middle East
Radiofarda – US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have discussed over the phone “Iran’s destabilizing activities” in the West-Asia region, said a White House statement on April 9.
Read More »Residents Abandoning Regions With Increasingly Fierce Sandstorms
Radiofarda – Sand and dust storms are growing in intensity and frequency in parts of Iran, forcing residents of the oil-rich southwestern Khuzestan province to move to cities with bearable weather conditions, according to an MP from the battered province. Speaking to state-run Iran Labor News Agency (ILNA), Javad Kazem Nasab Albaji, an MP from the Khuzestan capital, Ahvaz, singled …
Read More »Macron, Rouhani Agree To Work To Preserve Nuclear Deal
Radiofarda – French President Emmanuel Macron and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani agreed in a phone conversation to work together to preserve the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, Macron’s office says, although the Iranian leader insisted the terms were “not negotiable.”
Read More »Iran: Death Row Political Prisoner Deprived Of Medical Treatment Despite Poor Health
Iran-HRM – Ramin Hossein Panahi, a political prisoner on death row in Sanandaj Central Prison, western Iran, suffers Kidney hemorrhage and infection possibly resulting from torture, and he has yet to receive any medicalattention outside prison.
Read More »Iran: Man Executed In Bandar Abbas Central Prison
Iran-HRM – A 41-year-old man by the name of Mohammad Jafar Shirzad was executed on April 28th in Bandar Abbas Central Prison in southern Iran. He was from the city of Khorramabad, west of Iran and had been held behind bars since 2014. Reports indicate that another prisoner in Isfahan Central Prison was transferred to solitary confinement today in preparation …
Read More »Iran Detains Five Women For Trying To Enter Football Stadium
Iran-HRM – Two young women were arrested on Friday, April 27, 2018, in Isfahan, central Iran for attempting to enter the Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium to watch the match between their favorite football teams. Iranian authorities on the same day detained two other young women and a teen girl for trying to attend a football match in Tehran’s gigantic Azadi Stadium, the …
Read More »Dervish Mother And Three Sons In Poor Condition In Prison
Iran-HRM – The condition of Dervishes Shokoufeh Yadollahi and her sons Amir, Puria and Kasra Nouri has been reported as poor. The four were arrested during clashes between Dervishes and security forces in the Golestan Haftom region in Tehran. They were severely beaten by security forces upon their arrest and after more than two months of detention are still …
Read More »Detained Scientist Loses 25 Kg In Evin Prison Due To Severe Pressure
Iran-HRM – Ahmadreza Jalali, a university professor who has been sentenced to death on espionage charges in Iran, detailed his poor physical and mental condition in an audio file sent from Evin Prison in the second year of his detention, BBC Persian reported on April 26, 2018.
Read More »Turk Activist Arrested For Revealing The Death Of Woman Chased By Guidance Patrol
Iran-HRM – Turk Activist Naser Alirezaie was arrested on Friday, April 27, for revealing the death of an 18-year-old girl after the car she was in crashed while being pursued by the so-called Guidance Patrol (Gasht-e Ershad).
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