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RFL/RE – “The entry of Afghans into this store is forbidden because I do not like them.” That was the sign on the window of a retail store in the Iranian city of Nazarabad, located in the western province of Alborz.Video footage of the racist shop sign first appeared in May, prompting widespread outrage among Afghans and Iranians on social …

Radiofarda – New legislation passed by the Iranian Parliament approved death sentence for perpetrators of “acid attacks aimed at bringing about terror and instability in the society.” Dozens of women in Iran have been attacked with acid in recent years by family members or presumably by hardline supporters of the compulsory hijab. Ministry of Health statistics puts acid attacks at …

Al-Arabia – The United States has denied the Iranian regime over $10 billion in revenue and expect that number to increase dramatically, US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook told Al Arabiya English after Washington declared it would start ending waivers to Tehran’s oil customers. Hook also said that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates share a lot of …

Iran-HRM – Civil rights activist Yasaman Aryani, was arrested for unknown reasons on April 10, 2019 after the state security forces raided her home in Tehran, her mother announced in a video clip posted on social media. In a short call to her family on the same day Yasaman Aryani informed them that she was detained on a complaint filed …

Radiofarda – Heavy rains on Monday completely overwhelmed several towns in the mountainous Lorestan province, where forced evacuations were ordered and people in many cases had to flee to nearby mountains to escape unending torrent of floods. The head of Iran’s Red Crescent Sarem Rezaee says Pol-e-Dokhtar, one of these towns, is still in super-crisis state and rescue workers are …

CHRI The appointment by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei of a known human rights violator to head the country’s judiciary is a prelude to dark days ahead for human and civil rights defenders, Iranian attorney Abdolkarim Lahiji told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Ebrahim Raisi is the new chief justice of Iran's judiciaryIt's official. Ebrahim Raisi is the new …

Radiofarda – US. and Iranian leaders issued statements or delivered speeches on the occasion of the Iranian New Year or Norooz (Nowrouz), March 21, all vying for the attention and sympathy of the people in Iran, who are facing one their hardest year’s ahead. These messages inevitably had a heavy political tone, with leaders blaming one another for increasing hardship …

Radiofarda – U.S. Special Representative Brian Hook questioned President Hassan Rouhani’s “motives” regarding Iraq, while the Iranian leader was visiting the neighboring country. In an interview with Alhurrha TV, Hook on March 11 said that when the Rouhani’s government does “prioritize his own people so why on earth he would prioritize the welfare of the Iraqi people”. Rouhani arrived in …

Iran-HRM – Iran’s state-TV aired an interview with a self-described abusive husband and his wife, where the man explained that despite 20 years of constant abuse on his part and 27 attempts by his wife to divorce him, the couple has stayed married.

Radiofarda – Azam Jangravi fled Iran after being sentenced to three years in prison for removing her hijab in a protest against the country’s strict Islamic dress code.