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Iranwire – Iran’s Coronavirus Taskforce has ordered for non-essential businesses in Tehran and Karaj to close, part of a week-long lockdown to bring a recent spike in Covid-19 cases until control. The taskforce ordered the lockdown to begin Tuesday, July 20. Iran is currently experiencing a fifth wave of infections, and it’s the second time during the recent spike that the taskforce …

Iran-HRM – Amnesty International called on the Iranian authorities to immediately stop the killing and arrest of protesters in Khuzestan and to recognize the right of the people to freedom of expression and peaceful protests. In a report today, Amnesty International said security forces had killed at least eight protesters and bystanders, including a teenage boy, since protests began. Amnesty identified the …

Iran-HRM – Water protests in Iran extended into an eighth day on July 22, while the state security forces used deadly force to crack down on protesters. The protests continued in cities such as Bushehr, Mahshahr, Behbahan, Izeh, Ahvaz and other cities in Khuzestan province. Demonstrations in support of the people of Khuzestan also took place in cities such as Aligudarz in Lorestan …

CHRI —With security forces in Iran attacking and killing protesters in Khuzestan Province, the Iranian authorities are once again demonstrating complete disregard for the law, life, and all international standards of policing, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a statement today. CHRI condemns in the strongest terms the security forces’ use of deadly and excessive force to …

Al-Monitor – The Iranian government cut internet access in the past week during protests in an impoverished province, according to an internet watchdog. There were disruptions to internet access on cellphones from July 15-20, and the blockage knocked out approximately 3% to 4% of mobile data in Iran, the London-based NetBlocks announced Wednesday. The group said there were “widespread user reports of …