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Monthly Archives: May 2019

Iran: Labor Activists Detained Since May Day

HRW – Iranian authorities are holding at least eight activists and journalists arrested during a Labor Day protest on May 1, 2019, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately and unconditionally release all those detained for exercising their rights to peaceful assembly. Keyvan Samimi, Neda Naji, Hassan Saeedi Atefeh Rangriz, Marzieh Amiri, and Nahid Khodajoo. © Private Radio Farda, the …

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British Council Employee Aras Amiri Jailed for Refusing to Spy, Says Cousin

CHRI – The UK-based British Council employee Aras Amiri was jailed in Iran for refusing to spy for the country’s Intelligence Ministry, her cousin, Mohsen Omrani, told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on May 14, 2019. “They made a proposal to Aras to become an agent for the Islamic Republic in the UK and give them information …

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Government Unlawfully Failing to Implement Disability Rights Law

CHRI – A year after Parliament ratified the Law for the Protection of the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, the Iranian government has approved only a tenth of the budget proposed by the State Welfare Organization (SWO) for carrying out the law’s provisions. The SWO is the main state agency tasked with providing services to people with disabilities in the country. The …

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Students rally against hijab crackdown at Iran’s largest university

Al-Monitor – The campus of Tehran University, Iran’s oldest modern educational center, had a tense dayMay 13 as hundreds of students held rallies against mandatory hijab regulations they said have become more restrictive than ever. The students argue that a set of new laws imposed by university officials are worsening the educational environment by pressuring female students and provoking unnecessary tension. Some of those …

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Interview with Ashk Dahlen, author of The Persian Empire

PayvandNews – Ashk Dahlen was born in Tehran in 1972 and has lived most of his life in Sweden. He is Associate Professor in Iranian Languages at Uppsala University and his field of study covers Persian literature, Iranian history of religion and philosophy. Ashk Dahlen is the author of several books and articles on Iranian history and among his recent …

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U.S. Special Representative Speaks To RFE/RL About The Fujairah Incident

RFE/RL: we’ve seen the initial reports from U.S. military intelligence saying that it might be Iranian or Iranian-backed proxies states attacks on these four ships anchored in the United Arab Emirates. can you can you confirm this? Can you expand on this a bit? I can’t confirm it. None of our ships were attacked. It was two Saudi vessels, a …

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Trump Warns Iran It Will ‘Suffer Greatly’ If ‘Something Happens’

Radiofarda – U.S. President Donald Trump today warned that there will “be a bad problem for Iran if something happens”, in response to a reporter’s question in the White House about attacks on oil tankers in the territorial waters of United Arab Emirates. Early Sunday morning four commercial vessels, were targeted with “sabotage” as the UAE government later described by …

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Iran Minister’s Remark About Sending Children To War Leads To Outcry

Radiofarda – Recent remarks by Iran’s education minister about 14 million schoolchildren being ready to go to war, has led to public outcry and condemnations among Iranians. Iranian officials have been making bellicose remarks in recent weeks after tensions flared with the United States. The Iranian Society for the Protection of the Rights of Children has released a public letter May 12 …

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Iran Mulling ‘Drills’ To Deal With Any ‘Threat’ To Internet From U.S.

RFL/RE – Iran is concerned about the U.S. cutting off internet connection to the country and is mulling “drills” to make sure its banking and other vital services could work in such an environment A “task force” has been set up to “combat U.S. cyber threats,” Iran’s Minister of Communication and Information Technology said on Monday, May 13. “To neutralize …

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Official: Initial US assessment blames Iran for ship attacks

Al-Arabia – An American military team’s initial assessment is that Iranian or Iranian-backed proxies used explosives Sunday to blow large holes in four ships anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a US official said Monday. The official said each ship has a 5- to 10-foot hole in it, near or just below the water line, and the …

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