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Iranwire – At the time of writing, Richard Ratcliffe, husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, had been on a wet hunger strike outside the British Foreign Office in London for 17 days. His body has begun to reach now, worrying his family. But there has been close to zero response from UK government officials – he had a single meeting with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss …

VOA – Human Rights Watch warned Wednesday that a new Iranian law aimed at raising the birth rate would put women’s lives at risk by denying them access to reproductive health care. The bill, which is expected to become law later this month, provides various additional benefits to families with children and outlaws sterilization and free distribution of contraceptives in …

Al-Monitor – Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, told his French counterpart that Tehran “will vigorously continue boosting its defense power.” Their sovereign right, he said, will be exercised “inattentive to America’s unconstructive behavior.”  In the face of growing criticism from Western powers, the Islamic Republic has said that its controversial missile program is part of its “defense doctrine” and will never …

Iranwire – A spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary has said Habib Asyud, better known as Habib Chaab, the founder and former leader of the Al-Ahvaz Liberation Arab Movement, has been indicted and his case has been referred to the Revolutionary Court. Zabihollah Khodaeian described the Swedish national as “leader of the terrorist and separatist group Al-Ahvazieh, backed by the foreign …

Iranwire – The seizure of lands owned by Baha’is in the village of Roshankooh, in Iran’s Mazandaran province, was captured on video on 3 November. Two videos shared by the Baha’i International Community on Twitter show crowds of people watching as men in military fatigues fenced off a field belonging to a Baha’i family. The narrator of the video, apparently that of …