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Al-Monitor – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said that more of Iran’s blocked money would be released very soon in a deal involving the release of dual nationals in Iran. The move is a sign that the nuclear negotiations, while appearing deadlocked, are still moving along. When asked by a Fars News Agency journalist about the veracity of reports that Iranian …

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement USCIRF Chair Calls on Iran’s government to free Pastor Nadarkhani and cease its persecution of Christians in Iran. USCIRF Chair @nadinemaenza "Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani is today spending his 45th birthday behind bars for his religious practices and beliefs. We call on Iran's government to free Pastor Nadarkhani and cease its persecution of Christians in …

Iranwire – Prison Narratives is a collection of reports based on the testimonies of current and former prisoners. The narrators are both prisoners of conscience and people who have been detained for “ordinary,” non-political crimes. This report is from Greater Tehran Penitentiary, otherwise known as Fashafuyeh, where tens of thousands of older people are locked up alongside younger, more able-bodied inmates. *** …

Iranwire – This week, he’ll turn 60 in prison. In the spring of 2016, when he first traveled from the United States to Iran to attend his father’s funeral, neither he nor anybody else imagined it would end up this way. Shahab Dalili is a retired captain in Iran’s merchant navy and a permanent resident of the US. His wife …

VOA – Iranian lawmakers have set conditions for the revival of a 2015 nuclear pact, including legal guarantees approved by the U.S. Congress that Washington would not quit it, Iranian state media reported on Sunday. Iran and the United States have engaged in indirect talks in Vienna over the past year to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and …