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USCIRF Releases New Report on Qatar

Shabtabnews– The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report: Increasing Religious Freedom Restrictions on Baha’is in Qatar: This factsheet enumerates restrictions on Baha’is in Qatar and demonstrates ways in which these restrictions may be systematic. It discusses the non-renewal of residency visas and the community’s difficulties related to securing a cemetery. It also discusses …

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Iran tensions, record gas prices push Biden to recalibrate US policy in Middle East

Al-Arabia – While most attention in the US has been focused on the economic downturn and soaring inflation, a key foreign policy move by the Biden administration stole the headlines of many outlets in recent weeks, and it was not the Ukraine war. US President Joe Biden officially announced his first trip to the Middle East since taking office over a year …

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Consumption Falls As Skyrocketing Prices Hit Iranian Food Security

RFL/RE – Iranians are consuming fewer fruits and vegetables as skyrocketing prices shake the country’s food security.Ismail Moradian, the vice-president of the Fruit and Vegetable Sellers Association, told the ILNA news agency on June 22 that consumption has decreased by between 25 and 30 percent because of price rises and the implementation of the economic policies of President Ebrahim Raisi’s government.“Many people …

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Petrochemical Workers Strike In Repeat Of Unfulfilled Demands As Labor Strife Roils Iran

RFL/RE – Workers on scaffolding projects in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries have joined in Iran’s nationwide labor unrest, striking for higher wages and more structured working hours.The Free Trade Union of Iran launched the action on June 22, repeating similar demands they made last year during a long strike that eventually saw the implementation of the measures several companies, …

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Teenagers Arrested in Shiraz Over Hijab-Less Gathering

Iranwire – A group of teenage skaters have been arrested in the Iranian city of Shiraz amid a moral panic due to some of the girls in the group not wearing hijab. On Thursday a video was posted online showing a gathering of young people in a park off the city’s Chamran Boulevard, seemingly to talk and skate. Hours later, …

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