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Iranwire – Despite earlier promises to the contrary, English Premier League football matches were not shown on Iranian TV this weekend due to a last-minute decision by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. Fans waiting to watch Fulham v Liverpool on Friday, or Manchester United v Brighton on Saturday, were left staring at alternative coverage on the IRIB’s TV3 and Varzesh …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared has reacted in an open letter to the recent remarks of Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi, chief prosecutor of the Revolutionary Courts during the 1980s, about the execution of political prisoners in 1988. Responding to why complaints about the extrajudicial executions in 1988 have not been followed up in Iran Mousavi Tabrizi recently claimed in …

VOA – The European Union on Monday said it put forward a “final” text to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as four days of indirect talks between U.S. and Iranian officials wrapped up in Vienna. “What can be negotiated has been negotiated, and it’s now in a final text. However, behind every technical issue and every paragraph lies a …

Al-Monitor – Negotiations in Vienna to revive the nuclear agreement to reduce Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for US sanctions relief have made slow progress in the last week. The current round of talks ended today, and Iran’s negotiators have returned to Tehran to conduct consultations.  A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator told Iranian reporters that the proposals discussed “require comprehensive review.” The …

Shabtabnews – IOPHR in a open letter, to the Deputy Commissioner of the European Commission and High Representative of the European Union in Foreign Policy and Security Affairs, requested that any agreement with the ruling regime of Iran be firmly conditional on the regime’s strict compliance with international human rights standards. The letter stated that such conditionality is a necessity …