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Union Warns Jailed Iranian Activist’s Health Failing As Hunger Strike Continues

The Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company Workers’ Union has warned that the health condition of Reza Shahabi, a jailed labor activist on his 10th day of a hunger strike, is deteriorating. The union said in a statement dated June 22 that authorities need to release Shahabi, claiming his “continued physical and psychological abuse” coupled with “further interrogations” will fail to …

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Crashes, Bankruptcy Litter Iran’s Runway For Passenger-Plane Production

RFL/RE – The last time Iran attempted to produce its own passenger planes to upgrade its aging commercial fleet, the effort barely got off the ground before it was doomed by a series of deadly crashes.Now, with nearly half of Iran’s passenger aircraft grounded due to the lack of spare parts, the idea has taken flight again.Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization …

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Russian Foreign Minister in Iran for talks on UN Security Council, Oil and Gas

Iranwire — Sergei Lavrov arrived in Iran on Wednesday as the head of a delegation from Russia, meeting with President Ebrahim Raisi and his counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian in what was billed as a trip to “strengthen bilateral relations”. The trip comes at a time when Russia is increasingly isolated on the world stage, buffeted by sanctions so extreme its …

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Journalist Jailed for Six Months After Complaint from Friday Imam

Iranwire – Reporter and Telegram channel operator Amir Saeinia has been sentenced to six months in prison for “spreading lies via an electronic system” after penning an open letter of complaint to Hassan Morsali, Friday Imam for the city of Sufiyan in East Azerbaijan province. Saeinia runs the Deniz Sesi Telegram channel, an independent news provider sharing items of interest to local …

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Ex-Deputy Mayor of Tehran Accused of Rape

Iranwire – Two women have accused Shahram Gilabadi, an ex-senior official at the IRIB and former deputy to Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf when the latter was Mayor of Tehran, of rape. At the time of writing Gilabadi had not responded to the allegations. The stories, posted in a series of tweets shared by the Iran MeToo Twitter account, go back to the period …

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