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Monthly Archives: April 2023

Signaling Iran, Israel’s FM visits Azerbaijan, will open embassy in Turkmenistan

Al-Monitor – On an official visit to Azerbaijan, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met in Baku with President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday, ahead of his trip to Turkmenistan where Israel is expected to open an embassy.  A statement from Israel’s Foreign Ministry after Cohen’s meeting with Aliyev said that the two countries are strengthening their diplomatic and security alliance. The two …

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New US sanctions target network supporting Iran’s drone program

Al-Monitor — The US Treasury Department on Wednesday targeted an alleged sanctions-evasion network supporting Iran’s defense industry.  The department designated Iranian national Mehdi Khoshghadam, who heads Pardazan System Namad Arman (PASNA), an Iranian company sanctioned in 2018. The Treasury accused Khoshghadam of leading PASNA’s sanctions evasion efforts by using front companies to procure electronic components from foreign suppliers mostly based …

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New Wave Of Illnesses Renews Fears Of Possible Poisonings At Iranian Schools

RFL/RE – Several Iranian cities have seen a new wave of suspicious illnesses mainly at girls schools sparked by what some have called poisonings, reigniting fears among families after a similar outbreak saw hundreds of students taken to the hospital. Reports on social media on April 18 noted a surge in illnesses in the cities of Sanandaj, Saqqez, Bukan, Divandarreh, …

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Iran: Millions of schoolgirls at risk of poisoning

Amnesty – The rights to education, health and life of millions of schoolgirls are at risk amid ongoing chemical gas attacks deliberately targeting girls’ schools in Iran. Since November 2022, thousands of schoolgirls have been poisoned and hospitalized. The authorities have failed to adequately investigate and end the attacks and dismissed girls’ symptoms as “stress”, “excitement” and/or “mental contagion”. View …

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SMSs Tell Iranians to “Respect and Observe” Mandatory Hijab Law

Iranwire – Millions of Iranian men and women have received a text message on their mobile phones telling them that mandatory hijab rules should be observed, local media reported on April 19. “Dear compatriot, it is necessary to respect and observe the hijab law, like any other law,” the message reads.  Police sent the SMS to anyone with an active …

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UK Lawyer Urges UN Watchdog to Probe Iran School Poisonings

Iranwire – A London-based Iranian lawyer has called on the UN’s chemical-weapons watchdog to probe an ongoing wave of poisoning attacks that has sickened thousands of schoolgirls across Iran over more than four months. In a letter addressed to the director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Hamid Sabi requested the appointment of an inspector to …

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Updated: Baha’is Prevented by Ministry of Intelligence Agent from Burials in Their Own Cemetery

Iranwire – IranWire has received a photo of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence agent, Masoud Momeni, who the Baha’i International Community said yesterday is “preventing and disrupting” the burial of Baha’is at Tehran’s Khavaran cemetery. The bodies of five deceased Baha’is are being held in a morgue by Momeni, awaiting burial, one of which has languished there for 22 days. …

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Iranian Medical Couple Sentenced to Total of 20 Years in Prison

Iranwire – An Iranian court has sentenced a medical couple to a total of 20 years in prison in connection to the alleged killing of a member of the paramilitary Basij force during protests, activists say.  The court in Karaj, near Tehran, sentenced Hamid Ghareh Hasanlou, a radiologist, to 15 years, while his wife Farzaneh, a lab technician, was handed …

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Iran’s Top Leader Rules Out Referendums on Divisive Issues

VOA – Iran’s supreme leader on Tuesday ruled out the holding of popular referendums on state policies. Iran faced calls for a referendum on the Islamic Republic itself during anti-government protests last year, and a moderate former president recently suggested such votes should be held to decide major policies as a way of reducing divisions. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, …

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