Iranwire – Iranian secondary schoolgirls have been forced to watch pornographic videos during mandatory sessions aimed at turning them away from an anti-government protest movementthat has swept the country for more than five months, IranWire has learned. Security forces visited girls’ schools in Tehran’s districts 4 and 5 and in the southwestern city of Bandar Mahshahr to abuse the students and violate …

VOA – Iran Wednesday ordered two German diplomats to leave the country in response to a similar move by Germany last week. The German expulsion of two Iranian diplomats came in protest of Iran’s sentencing German national Jamshid Sharmahd to death. Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said Wednesday that Germany was interfering in Iran’s “internal and judicial affairs.”SEE ALSO:Germany …

CHRI – Five months into Iran’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, in which girls and women were among hundreds killed at nationwide, anti-state protests, at least one girl has died amid hundreds of schoolchildren being deliberately poisoned in major cities including Tehran, Qom, Sari, Ardabil, Boroujerd, Torbat Jam, and Qoochan. “The deliberate poisoning of school girls in Iran is exposing the …

Al-Monitor – Iran enriched uranium close to the grade required to develop nuclear weapons, two news outlets reported on Tuesday.  The Associated Press reported that the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) found particles of uranium that were enriched at 83.7% at the Fordo nuclear site. The AP cited a report from the United Nations nuclear watchdog, due to be released this …

Al-Monitor – An Iranian border guard was released by the Taliban on Monday after being detained on the Afghanistan-Iran border.  The guard was searching a vehicle for contraband on the Iran-Afghanistan border when the driver fled and drove the vehicle into Afghan territory while the guard was still inside. Afghan border forces detained the guard along with the other vehicle occupants but …