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Month: October 2019

Iran Lawmakers Warn IRGC Not To Use Forced Confessions Of ‘Captured’ Publicist

Radiofarda - A prominent member of the Iranian Parliament (Majles) has expressed concern that Iranian intelligence officials might use a…

France says Iran must stop ‘particularly worrying’ nuclear reductions

Al-Arabia - France said on Wednesday that Iran must refrain from a new phase of “particularly worrying” reductions to its…

Russian journalist Yulia Yuzik refutes Iranian claims of visa violation

Al-Arabia - Russian journalist Yulia Yuzik who was detained earlier this month in Iran has confirmed that she was charged…

Reports: Iran Holding Second French Researcher

RFL/RE - French newspaper Le Figaro and Reuters have reported that Tehran has since the summer been incarcerating Roland Marchal,…

State-Run Turkish Bank Charged With Evading U.S. Sanctions On Iran

RFL/RE -- Majority state-owned Turkish bank Halkbank has been criminally charged in an indictment for involvement in a multibillion-dollar scheme…

Iran: Two Prisoners, Including a Woman, Executed

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Two prisoners, including a woman, were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison last week.  According to IHR…

Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi Has Been Separated from Her Children for Five Years and Counting

CHRI - Imprisoned human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi has not been able to hold her two children since 2015, for nearly five…

Tehran University Student Launches Campus Sit-In Against Being Blacklisted for Activism

CHRI - University of Tehran student activist Saha Mortezaei began a sit-in at her campus library on October 11, 2019, to protest being…

Turkey, Russia, Iran: Filling the Vacuum

gatestoneinstitute,org - The U.S. Congress is looking to push back against Erdogan's brazen foray into northeastern Syria. For months, there…

Iran faces challenges in privatization plans

Al-Monitor - One of the impacts of the current US sanctions on Iran is the loss of income as a…