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Monthly Archives: July 2022

Women’s Hijab under intangible surveillance in banks and insurance offices

iran-hrm – As summer arrives, as every year in Iran, the pressure on women to observe the hijab has intensified. Jafar Sadegh Manesh, the head of the 21st of Tir base of the headquarters for enjoining the good and forbidding the evil, said the following: “Hundreds of organized gangs are promoting unveiling and corruption in the country. Any neglect or …

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Iranian Foreign Minister Travels To Damascus Amid Tensions Between Syria, Turkey

rferl.org – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has traveled to Damascus in a bid to “prevent a new crisis” amid tensions between Syria and Turkey over Ankara’s threats to launch a new offensive against Kurdish militias in northern Syria. Amir-Abdollahian said on July 2 that his trip “was aimed at establishing peace and security in the region between Syria and …

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Fatalities Reported As Earthquake Rocks Southern Iran

rferl.org – A powerful earthquake rocked southern Iran overnight, officials reported on July 2. Iranian state television reported that at least five people had been killed and 80 injured in the magnitude 6.3 earthquake, the epicenter of which was some 1,000 kilometers south of Tehran in Hormozgan Province. Rescue workers were on the scene as aftershocks continued to drive locals …

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Greece Authorizes Release Of Iranian-Flagged Oil Tanker Seized In April

rferl.org – Greece said on July 2 that an Iranian-flagged tanker seized by Athens in April was being towed to the port of Piraeus following a decision by a Greek judicial panel to release the vessel. The Lana has been anchored off the Greek island of Evia for the past two months in a diplomatic standoff that has strained relations …

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Monthly report June 2022, Iran Human Rights Monitor

iran-hrm – June 2022, was marked by a staggering number of executions and human rights violations in Iran in step with the growing discontent and the spread of popular protests. The Iranian regime also ramped up clampdown to stifle the society which has already been angry over economic hardships. Last month the Iranian regime launched a violent crackdown against civil …

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Regime increased executions in Iran by alarming rate in June

iran-hrm – The death penalty violates Articles 3 and 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which emphasizes the right to life of every human being. It also violates the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Many countries have now abolished the death penalty, and many more have taken steps to do so, but the clerical regime in …

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Iran nuclear talks likely to resume after Biden’s Gulf trip

alarabiya – European-brokered efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal are likely to resume following US President Joe Biden’s visit to the region this month, after an intense round of talks in Doha failed to overcome differences. Two European diplomats with direct knowledge of this week’s negotiations said that, while talks didn’t progress, efforts to resurrect the accord were expected …

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Labor Activist In Iran Ordered To Serve Seven-Year Prison Term

rferl.org – Nasrin Javadi, a trade union activist in Iran, has begun serving a seven-year prison sentence that she and activists have slammed as retribution for her labor agitation. The Free Union of Iranian Workers said in a statement on June 30, that Javadi was ordered to report to prison on July 2, following “numerous summonses and pressure from the …

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