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Monthly Archives: January 2023

Germany expects further Iran sanctions at EU foreign ministers meeting

Al-Arabia – European Union foreign ministers are expected to agree further sanctions targeting members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at their meeting in Brussels on Monday, a spokesperson for the German Foreign Office said on Friday. Asked at a regular government news conference in Berlin whether sanctions could hamper diplomatic efforts to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons, …

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Iranian Lawyers Warn Judiciary Over Defendant’s Rights Abuses

RFL/RE – A group of 45 Iranian lawyers and law professors has published an open letter objecting to the deprivation of fundamental rights for defendants amid a deadly government crackdown following months of unrest over the death of a young woman while in police custody for how she was wearing a head scarf. Signed by Mohsen Borhani, Houshang Pourbabaei, Soheila Rajabpour, Farideh …

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Iranians Rally Behind Executed Poultry Worker, Kids’ Coach

RFL/RE – While Mohammad Hosseini’s execution was intended as a message from Tehran that involvement in ongoing antiestablishment protests will not be tolerated, his memory lives on as a victim of state repression. The 39-year-old poultry worker and community-minded coach had no support from those closest to him as he faced charges of killing a member of Iran’s paramilitary forces …

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Fact Check: The Islamic Republic Really Empowered Iranian Women?

Iranwire – In a January 10 interview on Iranian state TV, Kazem Gharibabadi, deputy head of the judiciary for international affairs and secretary of the judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights, claimed, “The policy of the Islamic Republic is to enable women’s social and political participation.” To back his claim, he cited the following statistics: The literacy rate among Iranian women stands …

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German Lawmakers Call For Release Of Baha’i Jailed In Iran

Iranwire – Two German lawmakers have joined together to politically sponsor a member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority who has been imprisoned for nearly four months. “We have accepted political sponsorship for Arash Zamani, and call on the Iranian government to release him immediately and without any pre-condition,” said Hamburg parliament members Ali Simsek and Ekkehard Wysocki. Zamani is …

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Blinding As A Weapon Of War

Iranwire – Hundreds of Iranians have sustained severe eye injuries after being hit by pellets, tear gas cannisters, paintball bullets or other projectiles used by security forces amid a bloody crackdown on four months of mainly peaceful anti-government demonstrations. The exact number of traumatic injuries to protesters’ eyes is unknow, but Iranian doctors are reportedly overwhelmed by the number of …

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Tehran University Tries New Measure To Enforce Hijab Law

Iranwire – Tehran University vows to enforce new regulation that punishes women students who do not abide to the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code, amid four months of nationwide protests demanding more freedoms and women’s rights. All women in Iran must conceal their hair with a headscarf while in public and wear loose fitting trousers under their coats. But a …

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Dublin Doing ‘Everything’ to Free French-Irish Citizen Held in Iran

VOA – Ireland’s foreign minister said Thursday the government was doing all it could to secure the release of a French-Irish citizen held in Iran after his family urged Dublin to intensify talks because of concerns for his health following a hunger strike. Micheal Martin told a news conference in Dublin that “we’re going to do everything we possibly can” …

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