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Month: October 2018

Iranian Authorities Execute Three Prisoners, Slate Four More for Gallows

Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) – State-run news agencies in Iran have yet to confirm the executions of three prisoners…

Iranians Call For Freedom of Shiraz Councilman Who Tried to Secure Release of Detained Baha’is

CHRI - Iranians have taken to social media to call for the freedom of Mehdi Hajati, a member of the…

Iranians mob money changers to sell dollars as rial jumps

Al-Monitor - After months of steep falls in value, the Iranian rial enjoyed a massive rebound Oct. 1-2, rallying 30%…

Hamas raises eyebrows with condolences to Iran

Al-Monitor - Bilateral relations between Hamas and Iran have been getting closer since the election of the movement’s current leadership in February 2017. Hamas…

Recipient of 11th Bita Prize for Persian Arts: Parissa

PayvandNews - We are very pleased to announce the recipient of the 11th Bita Prize for Persian Arts is the acclaimed singer…

Persian Leopard Cub Seized From Smugglers

PayvandNews - A three-month old leopard cub was seized from the smugglers on Wednesday and transferred to Pardisan Park rehabilitation…

Iran: Victim of domestic and sexual violence, arrested as a child, is executed after unfair trial

Amnesty - Responding to the horrific news that 24-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Zeinab Sekaanvand was executed early this morning in…

Iran Economists Warn About Forex Policy Leading to ‘Catastrophe’

Radiofarda - Despite reports that the value of the Iranian rial is rising, fifty Iranian economists have called on the…

The Islamic Republic Is On Its Deathbed, Say Two Influential Activists

Radiofarda - Two prominent pro-reform activists and former political prisoners say Velayate-e Faqih or the Governance of the Supreme Leader…

Iranian reformists: Wilayat al- Faqih ideology contradicts concept of a republic

Al-Arabia - Two prominent Iranian reformists, Abu al-Fadl Quidani, and Reza Rajai, who were imprisoned in recent years, issued a…