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Month: June 2022

A letter from the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) to Professor Javaid Rehman – the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Shabtabnews - IOPHR in a letter addressed to Professor Javaid Rehman – the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human…

USCIRF: Religious Prisoners of Conscience in Iran

Shabtabnews - Iran has gone to great lengths to arrest and detain religious minorities, including Christians, Baha’is, Sunni Muslims, Sufis,…

US slams Iran for not responding positively to EU efforts on nuclear deal

Al-Arabia - The US and Iran ended indirect talks on reviving the now-defunct 2015 nuclear deal on Wednesday without any breakthrough, according…

Relatives Of Jailed Labor Activists In Iran Say Security Agents Are Threatening Them

RFL/RE - Many relatives of civic and labor activists detained in Iran say security agents are issuing threats if they don't remain…

‘I Learned Freedom in the UK’: Iranian-Born Wrestler Melika Balali on Taking a Stand Against Forced Hijab

Iranwire - The Iranian-born wrestler Melika Balali won gold at the women’s British Senior Wrestling Championship last weekend. On the…

Jailed Persian Twitter Personality Promises Fans: I Will Return

Iranwire - Well-known Persian Twitter personality Hossein Shanbehzadeh has been summoned to Evin Prison to begin serving a three-and-a-half-year prison…

Fam Trip: The Tourism Project Hiding Tyranny in Iran Under Turquoise Domes

Iranwire - Earlier this month a photographer named Hoda Rostami came under a week of intense and sustained criticism on…

Contraceptives Banned from Public Display in Iran

Iranwire - A week after medical staff “aiding and abetting” in abortions became a criminal offence in Iran, the authorities have issued…

Hacking Group ‘Predatory Sparrow’ Takes Down Steel Plants in Iran

Iranwire - On Monday two large Iranian steel firms, Mobarakeh Steel Company in Isfahan and Khuzestan Steel Industries, were reported…

Leaked Documents Reveal Wide Scope of China’s Human Rights Violations in Xinjiang

gatestoneinstitute.org - One of the leaked documents, which contains "a shoot to kill order" for guards in the camp's watchtowers,…