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Monthly Archives: September 2021

Syrian Forces, Iran-Backed Militias Intensify Deraa Attacks

RFL/RE – Syrian forces and pro-Iran militias heightened an offensive against a rebel enclave in a southwestern region on the border with Jordan and Israel, military and opposition sources say. Witnesses and military sources said dozens of improvised missiles were fired on August 31 into Deraa al-Balaad by the Syrian military’s pro-Iran Fourth Division. Fighting has escalated this week after …

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Man Arrested for Setting Ghasem Soleimani Statue on Fire

Iranwire – A man has been arrested and given a prison sentence for setting a statue of former Quds Force commander Ghasem Soleimani on fire. The incident took place in the city of Yasuj in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in August, and the jail term was announced on September 1, though no details of the length of the prison sentence are available. Previously, three …

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Chinese ‘Tourists’ Sentenced for Covertly Filming Iranian Women

Iranwire – Two Chinese nationals have been sentenced to prison terms for taking and sharing pictures of Iranian women without their consent, their lawyer told reporters. Mehdi Aziz-Zadeh said his two clients, who were arrested in June this year, had been sentenced to “imprisonment, flogging and fines”. They have since been released temporarily after posting a heavy bail. He added: …

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Mohammad Khodaparast Neyshabouri held incommunicado, causing concern

Iran-HRM – The situation of political prisoner Mohammad Khodaparast Neyshabouri is worrying as he is detained incommunicado. Reports from Mashhad indicate that the situation of political prisoner Mohammad Khodaparast Neyshabouri, arrested on June 10 for insulting the mullahs’ supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has caused concern. He is imprisoned in the Central Prison of Mashhad (Vakilabad Prison), deprived of visitations and …

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Tortured, Sentenced to Death Without Lawyer: Iran Must Halt Execution of Political Prisoner

CHRI – Iran’s judiciary should stay an execution order against political prisoner Heydar (or Heidar) Ghorbani, who was tortured and sentenced to death without a lawyer, and grant him a case review, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a statement today. “Executions based on forced confessions extracted under torture and after trials without legal representation are murder, …

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Iran, Saudi Arabia set to resume new round of talks in Iraq

Al-Monitor – Iran will soon resume talks with regional rival Saudi Arabia, Iranian officials said, marking an expected fourth round of negotiations to be held in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said last night he spoke about resuming talks when he met Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud during a regional conference hosted by Baghdad on Saturday. Amir-Abdollahian …

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Iran warns US against wasting time in nuclear talks

Al-Monitor – Iran’s newly appointed foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said his country will not accept protraction in talks with the United States over the revival of the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Six rounds of those talks have been held in Vienna between the moderate government of former President Hassan Rouhani and the remaining …

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