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Iranwire – The mother of Babak Khorramdin, a filmmaker whose grisly murder sent shockwaves through Iran last year, has been sentenced to just 3.75 years in prison after admitting to helping her husband kill and dimember their son. Iran Mousavi Sani, 75, and her husband Akbar Khorramdin, 81, admitted to killing their 47-year-old son last May after parts of his body were …

CHRI – Repression of Civil Society Harms U.S. Security Interests *This report is embargoed until it is published on June 14, 8am EST June 9, 2022— President Biden’s silence so far on the killings and mass arrests of protesters in Iran by state security forces over the last month—the latest in a long line of lethal state responses to dissent in Iran—reflects …

CHRI — In a joint statement released today, human rights organizations ARTICLE 19, Access Now, and the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) called on Meta to urgently revise its flawed content-moderation process for Persian-language content on the Instagram social media app. The current process has enabled Iranian state agents to manipulate Meta into removing content that is considered …

Al-Arabia – Iran is removing 27 surveillance cameras at nuclear facilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi said Thursday, calling it a “serious challenge” to the UN watchdog’s work in the country. “What we have been informed is that 27 cameras… are being removed in Iran,” he told reporters. “So this of course poses a serious challenge …

Al-Arabia – Iran is suspected of ramping up efforts to develop its nuclear weapon capabilities, according to a German intelligence report released on Tuesday. The Islamic Republic is also pursuing “one of the largest missile programs in the Middle East,” the report said. The 368-page document produced by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) detailed Iran’s …