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RFL/RE – Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator has called on Western partners in the nuclear talks in Vienna to “take certain decisions” to seal a deal on reviving a landmark 2015 nuclear agreement. “Being near the finish line is no guarantee to crossing that. It requires extra caution, much perseverance, additional creativity and balanced approach to take the last step,” Ali …

Iranwire – A full-scale Russian military invasion of Ukraine began at 4am local time this morning. Missile strikes struck the capital, Kyiv, military bases and other cities including Kharkiv. It came not 48 hours after President Vladimir Putin recognized the Russian-occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent “People’s Republics” and finally positioned close to 100 per cent of the …

Iranwire – On the morning of May 12, 1990, female students filing through the gates of Martyr Bahonar High School in Salehiye, Tehran province, discovered that everything was in turmoil. The classmates of Melody Jamali were in fits, shouting and screaming. They had just received news of her suicide. Melody was one of 1,400 students, but had incurred the special …

Iranwire – A court in Mahshahr has sentenced Farzaneh Ansarifar, sister of slain protesters Farzad to 4.5 years of prison for demanding justice for her brother, killed during the 2019 protests. According to the verdict issued by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Mahshahr, Farzaneh Ansarifar was sentenced to four years and six months in prison on charges of …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Civil activist and former political prisoner, Hossein Ronaghi-Maleki has been forcibly disappeared according to his relatives who say he may have been arrested. Hossein had received threatening calls in the days preceding his disappearance. Hossein Ronaghi is a blogger and freedom of speech activist who fought for internet freedom and had previously served a total …