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RFL/RE – Two Iranian women have been sentenced to death for their activism in support of the country’s LGBT community. The state IRNA news agency reported the sentences of Zahra Hamadani and Elham Chubdar on September 5, a day after the Hengaw human rights network said it had received reports that the two were informed of the punishment a few days earlier. …

Iranwire – Three Hollywood actors and celebrities, Mark Ruffalo, Rainn Wilson and Justin Baldoni, have denounced the Iranian government’s ongoing persecution of the Baha’i community in a series of tweets published last week. The interventions came after security agents arrested 13 young Baha’is in the city of Ghaemshahr in Iran’s Mazandaran province. No charges against the young Baha’is have been announced. “This is very …

VOA – Iran has stepped up its actions against Baha’i citizens, arresting 12 believers Tehran accuses of being “heretics” and having links to Israel in a continuing crackdown that has been condemned by Iranian and global rights groups. Iranian state media on Sunday said the arrests took place in different cities in Mazandaran province, the same area where 14 members …

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement USCRIF commissioner expressed concern in regards to well-being of Kasra Nouri, a Sufi prisoner who has been imprisoned in Iran for being a Sufi for number of years. USCIRF Commissioner @imammagid: "USCIRF is also concerned for Kasra Nouri's well-being in light of his transfer Saturday to the Ministry of Intelligence Office in Shiraz for …

Iran-HRM – Baluch activists reported that two political prisoners, one of whom was a child at the time of his arrest, were executed today at the Central Zahedan Prison. The two Baluch political prisoners Mohsen Ghanbarzahi and Einollah Ghanbarzahi, were executed on Saturday, September 3, two days after being taken to solitary confinement. The two, who were relatives, were arrested …