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gatestoneinstitute.org – Article 2, paragraph 4 of the UN Charter explicitly prohibits the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any member state, making Iran’s actions tantamount to an act of war. The US administration’s call for Israel to refrain from responding to attacks while facing direct aggression is deeply troubling and raises significant …

Al-Arabia – Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation – a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.The limited scale of the attack and Iran’s muted response both appeared to signal a successful effort by diplomats who …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have handed prison sentences to prominent women journalists Saba Azarpeik and Kimia Fathizadeh. The Hamshahri newspaper reported on February 26 that Azarpeik was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and barred from using social media platforms on charges of “publishing lies, slander, defamation, threats.” A series of complaints had been lodged against Azarpeik in recent months, including …

Iranwire – Located 12 kilometers from the Ahvaz road to Masjed Soleyman city, next to to Shiban village, Shiban’s local prison stands as a grim symbol of Iran’s penal system.  Housing over 5,000 inmates, well past its designed capacity of 3,500, it has gained notoriety as one of the country’s most perilous prisons. Now an investigations by IranWire has unearthed …

Iranwire – Twelve Iranian women’s rights activists from the northern province of Gilan are to appear in court on February 29 to face charges, according to the Bidarzani legal group. The trial will be held in the Third Branch of the Rasht Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Mehdi Rasekhi, the group said on February 26.  The activists were arrested …