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Some weeks ago Iran arrested some high level officials and senior members of the political and defense establishments on charges of spying for Israel according to the New York Times. Brig. Gen. Ali Nasiri of the information unit in the IRGC and Hossein Taeb IRGC’s intelligence chief of 12 years, were among the senior officials sacked, which sparked an outrage …

Shabtabnews – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned the Iranian government’s increased crackdown on religious minorities in the country. In recent weeks, Iran has arrested scores of Baha’is and raided their homes and destroyed Baha’i houses in Mazandaran province. In addition, Iranian authorities have escalated their targeting of women who do not conform to the government’s endorsed version of …

Iranwire – IranWire understands that 113 Baha’is in Iran have suffered specific acts of persecution in the past 10 days, up from 52 last week, in a clear sign that the recent crackdown is still underway and is getting worse. They have been variously imprisoned, arrested, endured raids on their residences or businesses, and yet again been denied access to …

Iranwire – Iran’s so-called Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has asserted that some 3,000 to 4,000 children of Islamic Republic officials currently reside abroad. Headquarters secretary-general Mohammad Saleh Hashemi Golpayegani wrote to the Iranian parliament about the matter on Saturday, saying he was waiting for MPs to intervene. A report by ILNA News Agency quoted …

Iranwire – On Saturday, August 6 the Iranian president’s special representative on Afghan affairs, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, announced that the Taliban had finally released waters held behind a dam on the Helmand river into Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province. The remarks have been met with incredulity by the MP for Zabul, Habibollah Dehmardeh. In an interview with Rokna News, Deh …