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Iranwire – Arsalan Yazdani, an Iranian Baha’i who was arrested and held for 45 days over his faith last year, reports that security forces have now taken his mother, Saeedeh Khozouei, to an unknown location. Writing on Instagram, Yazdani said Khozouei was detained on April 11 at Evin Courthouse, where she had duly appeared in answer to a summons that had not …

Iran-HRM – A Kurd man has suspiciously died in at Investigation Unit of Iran’s police (Agahi), Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported today. According to the report, Milad Jafari, 25, had been arrested on drug-related charges on April 7. A relative of Milad Jafari told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network that he and a friend were violently detained by intelligence agents …

Iran-HRM – Mahsa Kamali, a member of the Iranian women’s national futsal team was eliminated from the national team for showing her support for Ukraine by wearing a “Stop War” shirt. She was earlier summoned to the disciplinary committee for declaring her opposition to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. Speaking with the state-run IRNA news agency, Kamali said that when …

Al-Monitor – During a speech to government officials today, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters, discussed the ongoing nuclear negotiations and Iran’s plans for moving forward with or without a nuclear deal.  Khamenei said that the direction of the nuclear talks is going well. Khamenei presumably meant Iran’s position in the nuclear talks …

Al-Monitor – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticized Saudi Arabia’s intervention in Yemen in a Twitter flurry Tuesday night.  Khamenei told Saudi Arabia via Twitter to cease its involvement in Yemen’s civil war, saying he made the comments out of “good will” towards the Gulf kingdom.  “I have a word with the Saudis, and I give this counsel out …