Al-Arabia – US President Donald Trump on Wednesday denounced Iran’s increasingly aggressive attitude at the United Nations Security Council despite signing an agreement in 2015 to clamp down on its nuclear program.
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Iranian Education Activists Sentenced To 9 Months Of Imprisonment, 74 Lashes
Iran-HRM – Six Iranian education activists were each sentenced to nine months behind bars and 74 lashes which could be bought for 500,000 Rials.
Read More »Lives Of Students At Risk In 50 Percent Of The Capital’s Worn Out Schools
Iran-HRM – The new academic year 2018-2019 began in Iran on September 23, while 32,000 schools, that is one-third of the schools across the country, are worn-out and lack immunity. Many of such schools must be razed and reconstructed.
Read More »UN Security Council Members Reject Trump’s Calls For Sanctions On Iran
RFL/RE – U.S. President Donald Trump has taken his case against Iran before the United Nations Security Council, a day after urging all nations to isolate the Iranian government.
Read More »Trump Takes UN Security Council Gavel; Further Knocks Iran
VOA — Taking the gavel of the Security Council at the United Nations on Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump devoted the bulk of his remarks on the theme of non-proliferation to criticism of Iran.
Read More »Iran: Authorities deliberately jeopardize health of jailed activist with cancer
Amnesty – The Iranian authorities are torturing jailed human rights defender Arash Sadeghi, who has cancer, by deliberately depriving him of the specialist medical care health professionals have said he desperately requires, Amnesty International revealed today.
Read More »Former IRGC Member Faces Death Penalty on Spying Charges
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Confirming the sentence issued two months ago in Branch 1 of the Military Court of Urmia, the Supreme Court has issued an execution sentence to former IRGC member Arsalan Khodkam, who was charged with “collaborating with an anti-regime party through espionage,” allegedly on behalf of a Kurdish opposition party.
Read More »Northeastern Border Guard Opens Fire on Shepherd
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- As he had done for the past 20 years, Hamidreza Sepahi Layin was taking his sheep to graze from the border town of Dargaz, Razavi Khorasan province on September 19th, 2018. As Hamid’s brother Alireza explains, shepherds like Hamidreza often usher their herds across the plains and mountain grasses carpeting Iran’s northeastern borderlands with Turkmenistan. …
Read More »Six Educator-Activists Get Suspended Sentences for May 10th Gathering
Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) – Six people arrested in a teachers’ demonstration on May 10th have been issued a suspended sentence of nine months imprisonment and 74 lashings, or the equivalent financial penalty, on charges of “disrupting public order by taking part in illegal gatherings” and “disobeying authorities serving their duty.” Their trial took place in Branch 1060 …
Read More »Authorities Flip-Flop as Truck Driver Strike Wages on
Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) – A strike that started September 21st in the Iranian trucking industry continued for its fourth consecutive day, causing long delays at gas stations and spikes in the price of produce that drivers refuse to mitigate until authorities take action to resolve their complaints.
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