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Month: April 2020

Iran, Russia Should Boost Cooperation Against Coronavirus, Continue Trade – Rouhani

Reuters -Iran and Russia should increase their cooperation in the fight against the new coronavirus outbreak and continue to trade…

Iran’s Judiciary Dismisses UN Experts’ Demand To Furlough Political Prisoners

Radiofarda - The Islamic Republic's Judiciary spokesman has dismissed as "politically motivated" a United Nations human rights report that all…

Iran Among Worst Violators Of Journalists’ Rights, Reporters Without Borders Says

Radiofarda - Iran's media freedom rank is 173 out of the 180 countries in the latest press freedom index of…

Inmates in Urmia and Qezelhessar prisons commit suicide due to pressure

Iran-HRM - Increased physical and mental pressure on prisoners compelled two inmates in the prisons of Urmia and Qezelhessar in Karaj to…

Iran Claims It ‘Successfully’ Launched Military Satellite

RFL/RE - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on April 22 that it launched a military satellite into orbit,…

Russia, Turkey, and Iran To Meet On Syria

RFL/RE - The foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey, and Iran will hold a video conference on April 22 to discuss…

U.S. And Iran Trade Barbs, Memes On Social Media Over Deadly Coronavirus Pandemic

RFL/RE - In an image shared on Twitter recently by the U.S. State Department, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif…

Imprisoned Human Rights Defender, Narges Mohammadi: Poor Health Condition and Life Threats in Prison

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Imprisoned human rights defender, Narges Mohammadi, has been threatened to death by inmates with criminal…

Iran: Execution of young man ‘vengeful and cruel’

Amnesty - The execution of Shayan Saeedpour today in Iran for a crime committed as a child is further proof…

UN Rights Experts Appalled by Iran’s Execution of Child Offender

IHR- UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, and UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial,…