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Monthly Archives: January 2021

Iran’s FM in Moscow to discuss post-Trump policy

Al-Monitor – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in the Russian capital Jan. 26, where he is scheduled to sit down with his counterpart Sergei Lavrov to exchange views on a wide array of regional and international topics. Upon landing in Moscow, Zarif told reporters about “special circumstances” after the departure of former US president Donald Trump from the White House, a …

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Activists Say Sunni Mosque Foundations Demolished In Iran ‘To Pressure’ Sunnis

RFL/RE – Baluchi activists say Iranian authorities have demolished the foundations of a Sunni mosque in the city of Iranshahr in the Sistan-Baluchistan Province in order “to pressure” the Sunni minority in the region. According to the Europe-based Campaign Of Baluch Activists, the demolition took place on January 23, while all the necessary permits had been obtained by the municipality …

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Iran Reportedly Orders Operators To Block Signal Messaging App

Iranwire – The Iranian monthly Peivast is reporting that Iran has blocked the private encrypted messaging application Signal, ordering mobile operators to filter it from their networks. The report comes after the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) said on Twitter earlier on January 25 that “Iran seems to have started blocking” the application. The move follows the January 14 removal of Signal from …

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A Nation Betrayed: Interview with Mana Neyestani

Iranwire – In partnership with IranWire, the renowned Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestani has created a new graphic novel entitled The Crash, Covid-19 and Other Iranian Stories: a visual account of the events of early 2020 that shaped the course of the pandemic in Iran. In this article, IranWire’s founder Maziar Bahari interviews Mana about the process of producing the book and how its …

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The Crash, Covid-19 and Other Iranian Stories: A Graphic Novel for 2020

Iranwire – Regular readers of IranWire will by now be well-versed in the calamitous approach of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the threat posed by coronavirus, and of the tragedy that has befallen the Iranian people as a consequence. From the very outset of the pandemic in January 2020, the regime’s official response to coronavirus was clouded by political …

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Top Female Referee Banned for Scholarly Research

Iranwire – ISNA news agency reports that Aso Javaheri, an international Iranian women’s football referee, has been banned from the sport due to what it called “research in the field of sociology of sports” and “gender studies and political economy in sports”. Alireza Sohrabi, head of the refereeing section of the Soccer Federation, was the one to inform Javaheri about the decision. …

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A Mandaean Martial Arts Master’s Story of Discrimination

Iranwire – Religious minorities in Iran have been deprived of many of their citizenship rights for many years. The rights to education, employment and government work are among the most obvious, but in addition to codified legal restrictions, there are a number of unwritten rules which create obstacles for them. This is the story of one of the Mandaeans of …

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Political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee banished to Amol Prison

Iran-HRM – Iranian prison authorities have banished political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee to the Prison of Amol, in northern Iran. This happened only hours after she had been returned to Qarchak Prison in Varamin, on Sunday, January 24, after 43 days of intense interrogation by the IRGC Intelligence at Ward 2A of Evin Prison. Amol is one of the cities …

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Center for Human Rights in Iran Joins International Call Against Deadly Crackdown on Afghan Civil Society

CHRI – A group of international human rights groups including the Center for Human Rights in Iran today published a joint statement expressing serious concerns over a renewed crackdown on Afghan civil society, including a wave of kidnappings and murders of journalists and activists. “The people of Afghanistan are squeezed between several violent forces, internally and externally,” says the statement. …

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