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Iranwire – Baha’is are experiencing “increasing insecurity” in the Islamic Republic of Iran and in a number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, according to a new report and its annex by the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Dr Ahmed Shaheed. The report, “Rights of persons belonging to religious or …

VOA – The EU said Friday that the talks it is chairing on the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear accord must be paused, days after fresh demands from Russia complicated negotiations.” A pause in #ViennaTalks is needed, due to external factors,” the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell tweeted, adding that “a final text is essentially ready and on …

politico— The Iran nuclear talks are on the precipice of collapse over last-minute Russian demands for sanctions protection, according to two diplomats. Negotiations have reached an impasse over the Russian requests, diplomats said, imperiling the revival of a 2015 landmark deal under which Iran limited its nuclear ambitions in exchange for sanctions relief.  Russia is requesting that any return to …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Several political prisoners, including Sepideh Gholiyan, Soheila Hejab, Zeinab Jalalian, Arsham Rezaee, and Abbas Vahedian-Shahroudi, who are reported to be in bad physical condition, are deprived of medical care and denied medical furlough. Iran Human Rights demands all prisoners, including political prisoners, are granted access to medical care and medical furlough. Director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said: …

Al-Monitor – “Regional presence grants us strategic influence and greater national power,” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told members of the Assembly of Experts, a body of Iran’s most powerful clerics, constitutionally in charge of supervising his performance.  “Why do we have to give up on [such activities]?” Khamenei asked rhetorically. He was addressing criticism both at home and abroad on …