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Iranwire – Ex-Olympic champions, retirees from sports and seriously injured athletes are being paid less than half the Iranian minimum wage in pensions and stipends – if indeed they are being paid at all, documents seen by IranWire show. The Sports Champions and Pioneers Support Credit Fund was created in 2004 by the Khatami administration, under the auspices of the …

Iranwire – In a “cruel” escalation, according to the Baha’i International Community, and just two days after previous attacks on Baha’is across Iran, IranWire understands that up to 200 Iranian government and local agents have sealed off the village of Roushankouh, in Mazandaran province, where a large number of Baha’is live, and are using heavy earthmoving equipment to demolish their …

Iranwire – Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has issued a surreal statement in a bid to legitimize the ongoing mass arrests, imprisonments and property confiscations of Baha’is in Iran. More than 100 members of the peaceful religious minority group, including former community leaders, have been targeted in the past few weeks while the authorities have raided at least 52 homes and businesses …

Iranwire – In a program that aired late on Saturday, Iranian state TV broadcast a “confession”  by Sepideh Rashnu, a 28-year-old writer, journalist and editor, and opponent of forced hijab. It is not clear when, where and in what circumstances the short film was recorded. Rashnu was arrested earlier this month, shortly after a video circulated online of her being accosted …

Iranwire – On July 24, the Iranian Campaign to Support the Rights of People with Disabilities shared a disturbing video that showed violent treatment and neglect of people with serious disabilities at a care center in Ahvaz, Khuzestan province. It included footage of a young woman being restrained on the floor half-inside a bathroom stall, a man having a seizure apparently going …