Iran-HRM – A relative of a Haft Tappeh Sugarcane mill worker and labor leader says he was tortured in custody and was now suffering from severe physical and psychological problems.
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Netanyahu: Israel Able To Contain Iran In Syria After U.S. Pullout
RFL/RE – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull all American troops out of Syria will not stop Israel’s efforts to prevent Iran from establishing a permanent presence in Syria.
Read More »Lawyer Says Iranian Activist Khandan Released, Support Hunger Strikes Ended
RFL/RE – Iranian activist Reza Khandan, the husband of imprisoned human-rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, has been released from custody in Iran, his lawyer said in a post on Facebook on December 23.
Read More »Trump, Erdogan Agree to Coordinate US Pullout From Syria
VOA – U.S. President Donald Trump says Turkey will eliminate the rest of the Islamic State militants in Syria after the U.S. military withdraws its forces.
Read More »A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for December 23, 2018
HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on December 23rd, 2018 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Read More »Despite Economic Crisis, Iran Expands Ties With Gaza
Radiofarda – Ayatollah Mohsen Araki, the head of World Assembly of Solidarity Among Muslim Sects, announced earlier in December that Iran will seek to sponsor the families of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces this year. While not mentioning the exact number of sponsored families, Araki’s statement highlights the Islamic Republic’s desire to expand influence in the Gaza Strip.
Read More »Street Signs In Tehran Bearing Mossadegh’s Name Vandalized
Radiofarda – Street signs bearing the name of Mohammad Mossadegh, Iran’s nationalist prime minister in 1950s who nationalized the oil, have been blackened in act of vandalism in Tehran.
Read More »Zarif Claims No One In Islamic Republic Has Ever Called For Israel’s Destruction
Radiofarda – While “Death to Israel” is globally recognized as one of the trademark slogans of the Islamic Republic, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif insists that nobody in Tehran has ever threatened Israel with destruction.
Read More »Isfahan’s Conservative Ayatollah Says ‘No Water, No Taxes’
Radiofarda – In an unprecedented comment, the Friday Prayer Leader of Isfahan, central Iran, has suggested that paying taxes to the government should be “conditional”.
Read More »ANALYSIS: What Amnesty report tells us about Iran regime’s human rights record?
Al-Arabia – Amnesty International has published a 200-page comprehensive report on the massacre of political prisoners in Iran, 30 years after it actually took place. Its main focus is the dark days of 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran.
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