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Month: November 2020

IOPHR’s Open Letter to Josep Borrell Fontelles, requesting for an Urgent External Action to stop the Imminent Execution of Dr Ahmad Reza Djalali

Shabtabnews - In an open letter IOPHR requests "Urgent External Action to stop the Imminent Execution of Dr Ahmad Reza…

IOPHR hosts Ministerial Side Event 19th November on the “Legalisation of child marriage and the oppression of women under Iran’s ruling regime in the last four decades”

Shabtabnews - On 19th November 2020, IOPHR held a webinar on the “Legalisation of Child Marriage and the Oppression of…

USCIRF Releases New Report about Countering Violent Extremism in Tajikistan

Shabtabnews – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report: Issue Update—Promoting Religious…

Coronavirus: Iran reports record high of over 13,500 COVID-19 cases

Al-Arabia - Iran registered on Wednesday a daily record high of 13,843 new coronavirus cases, the health ministry said, pushing…

Pro-Iran Fighters Reported Killed In Israeli Strikes In Syria

RFL/RE - A British-based group monitoring the Syrian conflict says eight pro-Iranian militiamen have been killed in alleged overnight Israeli…

Covid-19 and Iran’s “Traditional Medicine” Controversy

iranwire.com - Following the resignations of two senior health ministry officials, the ministry has admitted that it funded research into “alternative”…

Breaking: Iran’s Ministry of Health Admits Failure to Contain the Pandemic

iranwire.com - Iran has failed to control the coronavirus pandemic, a new report by the country’s Ministry of Health has revealed. The…

A Mandaean Priest’s Dashed Hopes for Change in Iran

iranwire.com - In 2015, a joint meeting was held between members of the Iranian Mandaean community and Ali Younesi, Iran’s then Special…

Violence Against Women in Iran Mandated by Law

Iran-HRM - November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Women in Iran are exposed…

Iranian-German Dissident Captured by Iran Denied Access to Lawyer, Appears in New Forced Confession, Daughter Tells VOA

VOA - The daughter of a U.S.-based Iranian-German dissident captured by Iran four months ago as he traveled in the…