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Monthly Archives: October 2020

October 10: World Day Against the Death Penalty

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – 10th October 2020 marks the eighteenth year that this day was set as the World Day Against the Death Penalty. Each year, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty focuses on a particular issue surrounding the death penalty, the individuals executed and those awaiting execution. The issue being highlighted this year is the right to …

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Denmark summons Iranian ambassador over controversial divorce reports

Al-Monitor – Danish media reported that imams are forcing Iranian women in Denmark to accept divorce terms, and Denmark’s foreign minister thinks Iran may be involved. Denmark has summoned Iran’s ambassador following local media reports that the Iranian Embassy is involved in controversial divorces in the European country. The Danish government summoned the Iranian ambassador on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported. The controversy arose …

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With 239 deaths, Iran hits its highest daily COVID-19 toll

(AP) — Iranian state TV said the country has hit its highest number of daily deaths from the coronavirus, with 239 new fatalities reported on Wednesday. The report quoted the spokesperson of the country’s health ministry, Sima Sadat Lari, as saying that the 239 died since Tuesday. Iran has in the past had 235 daily deaths. The latest death toll …

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A calligrapher writes with light to keep tradition alive

PBS.com – Karim Jabbari still remembers how painful it was to walk down the street with his family as a child and see his neighbors turn away. “No one was willing to talk to us in public,” he says. Jabbari’s father was a political prisoner, an activist and “public enemy” of the dictatorship that then ruled Tunisia. His family was …

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The U.S. is concerned by the worsening COVID-19 situation in Iran

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement US expressed concern in regards to COVID-19 outbreak in Iran. The U.S. is concerned by the worsening COVID-19 situation in Iran and we reiterate our offer of assistance first made in February. We join @UNHumanRights' call for Iranian authorities to release all political prisoners from their overcrowded and unsanitary prisons immediately.— Morgan Ortagus (@statedeptspox) …

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Iranian Deputy Minister Outlines Reconstruction Projects Funded By Tehran In Syria

Radiofarda – Iran’s Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines, and Trade (MIMT) Hamid Zadboom called the reconstruction of countries such as Syria a “religious duty,” adding that “Iranian building materials needed to renovate the war-torn country are underway.” Zadboom, who also chairs the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran, told the Islamic Republic Arabic-speaking TV, Al-Alam, on Monday, October 5, that Tehran …

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Iran’s Oil Revenue Will Not Exceed $5 billion in 2020

Radiofarda – The chairman of the Iran-China Chamber of Commerce, Majid Reza Hariri, says Iran’s oil revenue this year is “at best $5 billion.” Speaking to the state-run Iran Labor News Agency (ILNA) on Monday, October 5, Hariri refused to present further details on Iran’s oil exports, but noted that Iran’s revenue from selling non-oil exports has also dropped. According …

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Source: Iran Rejects Baha’is’ Appeal to Avoid Prison with Coronavirus Risk

VOA – A group of Iranian Baha’is summoned to begin prison terms for practicing their faith were denied an appeal to delay their incarceration at a jail where they would risk coronavirus exposure, according to a knowledgeable source.   An Iran-based source familiar with the situation of the eight Baha’is told VOA Persian that the group received letters on September …

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Man Sentenced to Have Four Fingers Amputated For Theft in Iran

Iran-HRM – Iran has sentenced a young man to have four fingers amputated as a punishment for stealing. The 2nd Branch of the Urmia Criminal Court sentenced Arash Ali Akbari to the amputation of four fingers on his right hand for theft. The sentence against the 32-year-old father has been upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court and referred to the Centre …

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“Assimilation” China Style

The principal feature of the “assimilation” program in ethnic areas is the eradication of native languages as a medium of instruction. All courses in minority regions are now taught in Mandarin…. The accounts of the CCP’s ethnic purification campaigns should serve as warning to Chinese Christians that recent sporadic examples of state security officials removing crosses from church steeples might …

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