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Monthly Archives: December 2022

Iran’s top Sunni cleric says protesters should not face death sentences

Al-Arabia – A prominent Iranian Sunni cleric said on Friday it was wrong to charge protesters with capital offenses as renewed demonstrations shook Iran’s restive southeast in the third month of protests despite a violent state clampdown. Videos posted by the Iran Human Rights group showed minority ethnic Baluch women chanting “I will kill whoever killed my brother,” and police shooting what …

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Iranian Students Accuse Authorities Of Poisoning After Spate Of Incidents

RFL/RE – Several Iranian student associations have accused authorities of deliberate “serial poisoning” after reports that a large number of students from at least four Iranian universities across the country fell ill. In a report on December 1, the Union Councils of Iranian students reported that several schools experienced outbreaks of poisoning after eating at cafeterias, including Kharazmi University in Karaj, near …

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Biden Administration Turns a Blind Eye to Iranian Regime’s Brutal Crackdown

gatestoneinstitute.org – The Biden administration appears to be repeating Obama administration’s policy of choosing to be silent in the face of the Iranian regime’s bloodshed, human rights violations, and crackdowns that kill and wound peaceful protesters — and has the same policy regarding brave Chinese protestors as well. One hospital staff member wrote in a message to CNN about a …

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USCIRF applauds the House passage of #HRes744, which highlights USCIRF’s reporting on Iran’s egregious mistreatment of Baha’is.

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement USCIRF applauded the House passage of #HRes744, which highlights USCIRF’s reporting on Iran’s egregious mistreatment of Baha’is. USCIRF Commissioner @Skleinbaum: "We applaud the House passage of #HRes744, which highlights USCIRF's reporting on Iran's egregious mistreatment of Baha'is. We agree with the resolution's call for the US gov't to continue to publicly condemn these abuses." …

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Iran Arrests Baha’i To Serve Six-Month Sentence Amid Crackdown On Faith

Iranwire – A member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority has been arrested in the southern city of Shiraz to serve a six-month prison sentence handed down earlier this year, IranWire reports. Nasim Kashaninejad was arrested on November 28 at her home in the southern city of Shiraz and was transferred to Adel-Abad prison. Kashaninejad had not received any official …

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U.S. Blacklists Iran, Tehran-Backed Houthis Over “Severe” Religious Freedom Violations

Iranwire – The United States says it has designated Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, among others, as “countries of particular concern” under the U.S. Religious Freedom Act. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on December 2 that those designated as countries of particular concern – which also include Burma, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan …

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Iran’s Chief Prosecutor Calls For Total Internet Shutdown

Iranwire – Iranian Prosecutor-General Mohammad Javad Montazeri has said that access to the Internet should be entirely blocked in Iran, amid a heavy-handed state crackdown on weeks of nationwide anti-government protests. Known for its harsh Internet censorship, which includes banning thousands of websites, the authorities have to a large scale shut down the Internet for most of Iranians in an …

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Canada Imposes Additional Sanctions On Iran Over “Intensifying” Protest Crackdown

Iranwire – The Canadian government has imposed fresh sanctions on Iranian individuals and entities over the clerical regime’s “intensifying efforts to brutally repress” anti-government protests across the country. “Canada will not stand idly by while the regime’s human rights violations increase in scope and intensity against the Iranian people,” it said in statement on December 2. “That is why we …

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Family House Of Iranian Climber Rekabi “Destroyed”

Iranwire – Iranian rock climber Elnaz Rekabi made the headlines in October after she appeared at an international competition in South Korea without a hijab, a move seen by many as a gesture of support for the anti-government protests that have swept Iran for weeks. The 33-year-old Elnaz is remanded under house arrest. She has apologized for violating Iran’s mandatory …

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UN Nuclear Chief Says Iran Ties Need to Get Back on Track

VOA – Iran appears to be at odds with the United Nations nuclear watchdog about information it should be providing regarding its atomic program, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday. “We don’t seem to be seeing eye-to-eye with Iran over their obligations to the IAEA,” Rafael Grossi told a conference in Rome, adding that he was …

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