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Month: April 2018

Free Dr Noorali Tabandeh, the head spiritual leader of the Gonabadi Sufi order, under house arrest since 20th February

HRWF  - Since 20th February 2018, Dr Noorali Tabandeh, the head spiritual leader of the Gonabadi Sufi order in Iran…

Iran’s Foreign Currency Markets In Chaos Despite Central Bank Intervention

Radiofarda - One week after the Rouhani administration announced the government-imposed rate of 42,000 rials against every US dollar, chaos…

Three Men Sentenced To Five Years Of Prison For Social Media Activity In Miscarriage Of Justice

Iran-HRM - According to reports, a Tehran appeals court sentenced three men identified as Alireza Tavakoli, Mohammad Mehdi Zamanzadeh and…

Iran: Isfahan Farmers Detained In Night Raids For Protesting Water Rights

Iran-HRM - At around 3 am, on Sunday April 15, agents of the Intelligence Agency raided farmers’ home in Khorasgan…

Man Detained For Filming Systematic Police Corruption In Sistan And Baluchestan

Iran-HRM - Reports indicate that a Baluch man identified as Nasir Jat who had filmed security force trying to take…

Iran: Kurd Merchant Killed After Crashing In Police Chase

Iran-HRM -According to reports, the car of a Kurd merchant from Marivan, identified as Rahman Jamshidi from Seif Alia Village,…

Iran: Ailing Female Political Prisoner Denied Furlough For Demanding Rights

Iran-HRM - Detained civil rights activist Atena Daemi, who was detained last February was illegally sent to Qarchak Prison along…

EU Stops Short Of Imposing Additional Sanctions On Iran

RFL/RE - Meeting in Luxembourg, EU foreign ministers strongly defended the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers and…

Six dead in Iran armed clash near Pakistan border

AL-Arabia - Three "terrorists" and three members of the Iranian security forces were killed during night-time clashes along Iran's border…

Atena Daemi Ended Her Hunger Strike, Golrokh Iraei Continues with Drinking Water

HRANA News Agency – At the request of a number of human rights defenders, Atena Daemi has stopped her hunger…