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RFL/RE – A verdict is due in Sweden in the high-profile trial of a former Iranian official accused of taking part in the mass execution and torture of political prisoners in the 1980s. Hamid Nouri, 61, was arrested at a Stockholm airport in 2019 and is charged with war crimes for the mass execution and torture of political prisoners at …

Iranwire – Two members of the Austrian parliament have joined a group of Iranian human rights activists for a second day of sit-ins in front of the Belgian embassy in Vienna. Ewa Ernst-Dziedzic, a Green Party MP and the party’s spokeswoman for foreign affairs and rights, and fellow MP David Stögmüller, spoke out at Wednesday’s demonstration against a proposed deal on “transferrals …

Iranwire – Iran’s Ministry of Information has announced the arrest of 10 people in northwest Iran who, a statement claimed, were “members of a terrorist network”. The detainees were described as being part of “multiple cells” with “various and complex missions to destroy, blow up and besiege vital economic centers and facilities, to create roadblocks, and to extort money from …

Iranwire – He was woken by the extreme pain. Examining his foot to establish the cause, he realized he was missing a toe. He had been sleeping on a pile of garbage and a rat had stolen it from him. He began rifling through the trash to retrieve it. This, true story is one of many that the street children …

VOA – U.S. President Joe Biden is meeting Thursday with Israeli leaders, with security issues, the war in Ukraine and U.S.-Israeli relations on the agenda as Biden makes his first trip to the Middle East since taking office. A senior Biden administration official told reporters talks with caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid would feature the signing of a joint declaration …