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Iran-HRM – In the latest “honor killing” in Iran, a man in the northern province of Mazandaran has reportedly killed his sister who was apparently attempting to immigrate to Turkey despite her family’s opposition. The state-run IMNA news agency had previously reported that the body of a murdered woman was found on April 1, in paddy fields of Hosseinabad village …

HRW – Iranian authorities once again prevented women and girls from entering a sports stadium. Iran’s football team played Lebanon in a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying match in the city of Mashhad last week. But authorities prevented dozens of women who had reportedly purchased tickets for from entering the stadium. Additionally, videos circulating on social media suggested that some women outside the stadium were …

Al-Monitor – Federal investigators are reportedly probing whether two men arrested in Washington this week after allegedly posing as federal agents have ties to Iranian intelligence.  Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali were charged this week with impersonating federal law enforcement, specifically Department of Homeland Security officers. The pair, both of whom are US citizens, were each charged with one count …

RFL/RE – A stabbing attack at a revered shrine in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad has claimed the life of a second Shi’ite cleric, state television reports. The death of Mohammad Sadegh Daraei was reported as thousands of mourners attended the funeral of another cleric, Hojatoleslam Mohammad Aslani, killed in the same attack. Daraei was seriously wounded in the …

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 …