Shabtabnews – In a statement the IOPHR called on the European Union and European governments negotiating with Iran, for the immediate and unconditional release of all dual nationals held hostage in Iran, prior to the revival of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCOPA) agreement. The statement stated : ” the IOPHR, while appreciating the insistence of US government officials …
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It is urgent to conclude Iran nuclear talks this week: France
Al-Arabia – France’s foreign ministry said on Monday that it was urgent to conclude the Iran nuclear talks this week.Iran had said earlier on Monday that reviving a 2015 nuclear deal is possible if Western powers take a political decision to resolve three remaining issues, as indirect negotiations between Tehran and Washington enter a crucial stage.
Read More »Covid-19: Lawyers Sue Ali Khamenei as Accessory to Manslaughter
Iranwire – On Sunday, February 27, two lawyers based inside Iran, Mohammad Reza Faghihi and Arash Keykhosravi, filed a lawsuit against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other senior officials of the Islamic Republic for negligence related to failures to contain Covid-19 in Iran. According to the news website Emtedad, the two lawyers lodged a 22-page complaint against Khamenei, ex-President Hassan Rouhani and members …
Read More »Pay Scandal Leaves Iran’s Female Football Referees Out of Pocket, in Hand-Me-Down Uniforms
Iranwire – Two and a half years ago in summer 2019, the Iranian Football Federation was still under the embattled leadership of Mehdi Taj, who would resign not long after mired in allegations of corruption. In July that year, the Federation had signed a contract with Pars Oil Company for the sponsorship Iran’s football referees. The following month at the outset …
Read More »Sepideh Gholian Seriously Ill in Prison
Iranwire – Sepideh Gholian, a young civil rights activist jailed twice for her peaceful defense of Haft Tappeh Sugar Factory workers, has contracted Covid-19 in Evin Prison. According to news sources inside Iran, the prisoner of conscience has been unwell for more than two weeks, suffering from a fever, body aches and vomiting. She has also experienced diarrhoea, vomiting, kidney …
Read More »Grave Concern over Condition of Human Rights Defender Hossein Ronaghi Amid Dry Hunger Strike
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Expressing grave concern over the situation of human rights defender Hossein Ronaghi-Maleki who is on a dry hunger strike in Evin Prison, Iran Human Rights demands his immediate release. “Hossein Ronaghi’s continued unlawful detention by security forces could cost the human rights defender his life. We call on the international community and the United Nation …
Read More »Iran’s nuclear negotiator returns to Vienna for talks on resolving remaining issues
Al-Arabia – Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani will return to Vienna on Sunday evening for talks on resolving the remaining issues in indirect negotiations with the United States to revive a 2015 deal, the official IRNA news agency reported.Bagheri Kani, who flew to Tehran last week for consultations with Iranian officials, will “pursue the negotiations with a clear …
Read More »First Round to Putin, What Next?
gatestoneinstitute.org – Initially, aware that he [Russian President Vladimir Putin] must cast himself as victim in order to win sympathy in Western public opinion that warms up to figures like Saddam Hussein or George Floyd, he presented Russia as a victim of NATO “expansion” and his saber rattling as an act of self-defense. Never mind that NATO is a defensive …
Read More »Iran Studying Draft Deal to Restore Nuclear Agreement
VOA — Iran is studying a rough draft of a deal to revive a 2015 nuclear agreement with major powers hammered out during talks in Vienna, its foreign minister said Saturday. All sides have said the talks on bringing the United States back into the agreement after then-President Donald Trump’s 2018 walkout have reached a critical stage, and Iran’s chief negotiator …
Read More »Here Is Why Iran’s Mullahs Are Excited About Biden’s Nuclear Deal
gatestoneinstitute.org – That the ruling mullahs are asking the Biden administration for guarantees that the US will never be able to leave the new nuclear deal, even after President Joe Biden leaves office, should signal that the mullahs want this deal badly and set off all sorts of alarms. It is worth noting that Iran’s ballistic missile capability is one …
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