Radiofarda – Iran has until June to fix its anti-money laundering and terrorism financing rules or face increased international scrutiny of its banks, a global watchdog said on Friday.
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Iran Among Countries ‘Bullying’ NGOs, Says New Report
Radiofarda – Amnesty International (AI) has listed Iran among the fifty countries using “bullying techniques and repressive regulations” to prevent non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from doing their work.
Read More »Iran Says It Has Arrested 13 Members Of Islamic State
Radiofarda – Islamic Republic’s Intelligence Ministry announced on Thursday the arrest of 13 “elements” of the Islamic State group who it said had plans to launch “military” operations in Iran’s Western Kurdistan province.
Read More »Iran Dervishes Who Dare To Speak Out From Behind Bars
Radiofarda – One year ago, the quiet, upper-class Tehran neighborhood of Golestan Haftom became a war zone.
Read More »Iran Starts Gulf War Games, To Test Submarine-Launched Missiles
RFL/RE – Iran on February 22 opened large-scale naval drills at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, state media reported, adding that the maneuvers will feature submarine cruise-missile launches for the first time.
Read More »Iran Arrests Environmentalist Who Joined Labor Protest, Brother Says
VOA – The brother of an Iranian environmentalist says Iranian authorities have detained the activist in an apparent continuation of a wave of arrests of environmentalists in western Iran in recent months.
Read More »Iran’s Soleimani Warns Saudis After Deadly Attack in Southeast Region
VOA — The commander of the overseas arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened Saudi Arabia with revenge over a suicide bomb attack in southeastern Iran on Feb. 13 that killed 27 Guards members, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday.
Read More »Iran: Stop imminent execution of three prisoners arrested as teenagers
Amnesty – The Iranian authorities must immediately halt plans to execute three young men who are on death row for crimes that took place while they were under the age of 18, said Amnesty International.
Read More »Report: Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Iran- 2018
Iran Human Rights – IHR has published a report on the situation of Iranian human rights defenders in 2018.
Read More »Statement By UN Experts: Iran Must Stop Execution of Juvenile Offender Mohammad Kalhor
IHR – Iran must immediately halt the imminent execution of child offender Mohammad Kalhori, say a group of UN human rights experts in a statement published today.
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