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Monthly Archives: April 2022

Iranian Christian converts sentenced to prison and fines

Iran-HRM – A revolutionary court in the northern city of Rasht has sentenced three Christian converts to five years of prison, in addition to fines. The Christian converts were identified as Ahmad Sarparast (25), Ayoub Pourrezazadeh (28), and Morteza Hajeb Mashoud Kari (38). According to the verdict recently handed down by the Revolutionary Court of Rasht, presided over by Judge …

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Ahmadreza Djalali Beaten by Evin Prison Officials

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish scientist on death row in Evin Prison is still banned from contacting his family and “was beaten in the prison infirmary on April 4” according to sources. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, Ahmadreza Djalali is being held in poor conditions and banned from contact with his family. Some …

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Iran’s president vows to continue nuclear activities

Al-Arabia – President Ebrahim Raisi said Saturday that Iran will continue nuclear development activities as talks to revive Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers remain stalled, state media reported. Speaking in a ceremony marking Iran’s national day of nuclear technology, the hard-line president said his administration will support an acceleration in research of peaceful nuclear technology. “Our knowledge and technology …

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Iran imposes sanctions on 15 US officials as nuclear talks stall

Al-Arabia – Iran said on Saturday that it had imposed sanctions on 15 more US officials, including former Army Chief of Staff George Casey and former President Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani, as months of talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal have stalled. Almost all the officials named served during Trump’s administration which imposed sanctions on Iranian officials, politicians …

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Yemeni Prime Minister says peace depends on extent of Houthi’s surrender to Iran

Al-Arabia – The establishment of peace is dependent on the extent to which Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis “surrender to Iran’s agenda,” Yemen’s Prime Minister Maeen Saeed said in an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya. Yemen’s president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi transferred his powers to a newly established presidential leadership council and relieved the vice president Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar of his duties …

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Woman murdered by her brother in ‘honor killing’ in NW Iran

Iran-HRM – In the latest “honor killing” in Iran, a man in the northern province of Mazandaran has reportedly killed his sister who was apparently attempting to immigrate to Turkey despite her family’s opposition. The state-run IMNA news agency had previously reported that the body of a murdered woman was found on April 1, in paddy fields of Hosseinabad village …

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Iranian Society Pushes For End to Stadium Ban

HRW – Iranian authorities once again prevented women and girls from entering a sports stadium. Iran’s football team played Lebanon in a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying match in the city of Mashhad last week. But authorities prevented dozens of women who had reportedly purchased tickets for from entering the stadium. Additionally, videos circulating on social media suggested that some women outside the stadium were …

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Men accused of posing as US federal agents investigated for Iran ties: report

Al-Monitor – Federal investigators are reportedly probing whether two men arrested in Washington this week after allegedly posing as federal agents have ties to Iranian intelligence.  Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali were charged this week with impersonating federal law enforcement, specifically Department of Homeland Security officers. The pair, both of whom are US citizens, were each charged with one count …

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