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Iranwire – A young kolbar or border courier has been killed by security forces while crossing between Iran and Iraq, the human rights observatory Hengaw reports. Ribwvr Rashidi, 30, was reportedly killed in the early hours of Friday morning after being directly shot at by officers at the Haftash base, by the Barvish Kani border crossing. Rashidi was from one …

Iranwire – A fourth German citizen was arrested in Iran around 40 days ago, the country’s foreign ministry belatedly confirmed on Friday. The 66-year-old man is understood to be a tourist who was accused of “taking photos of prohibited areas”. According to Radio Farda, he had been making his way from city to city by motorcycle. The man is said …

Iranwire – Under pressure from FIFA, yesterday the Iranian Football Federation partially relented on its decades-old policy of excluding Iranian women from football stadiums. A small number of female fans were allowed into Azadi Stadium to watch the match between Esteghlal and Mes Kerman, which ended with a 1-0 victory for Esteghlal. On the eve of the World Cup, Mirshad …

Iranwire – On August 19, the Baha’i International Community (BIC) issued a statement entitled “Iran’s Brazen Propaganda Ploy to Incriminate Baha’is Through Fake Videos and Hate Speech”. In it, the BIC accused the Iranian government of using a staged video production to falsely incriminate Baha’i citizens of Iran. On July 31, the BIC reported, at the same time as Baha’i homes were being …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Seyed Hossein Seyedi, who was arrested during the November 2019 Iran protests and was released on bail after serving five months in prison due to his health, was once again detained on August 4 after agents stormed his home. The 66-year-old political prison is currently in critical condition in Tehran’s Evin Prison. Seyed Hossein Seyedi was …