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Iranwire – The pattern of emigration from Iran has dramatically changed in recent years to become a mass phenomenon not only affecting the most elite and wealthy groups. While media and factions aligned with the Islamic Republic’s government often downplay the scale of emigration, athletes, artists, scholars, healthcare workers, educators, technocrats, farmers are now leaving the country in significant numbers. …

Iranwire – Fifteen Baha’i citizens went on trial in the northern province of Mazandaran on charges of “deviant educational and propaganda activities” deemed contrary to Islamic Sharia law, IranWire reports.  During the trial held between February 6 to 18, the prosecutor accused the defendants of using “mind control methods and psychological inductions” to promote the Baha’i faith.  The Baha’is were …

Iranwire – An Iranian court has sentenced a protester to death on charges of “spying for Israel,” human rights groups reported.  Shahin Wasaf was arrested during nationwide demonstrations in September 2022.  He and his cousin, Nasser Wasaf, were detained by agents of the Urmia Intelligence Department and were later transferred to the city’s central prison.  The Norway-based human rights group …

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s parliament has once again forwarded the contentious “Hijab and Chastity Bill” to the Guardian Council, after President Ebrahim Raisi’s administration committed to allocate the necessary budget for its implementation. The review of the proposed legislation in parliament has been marked by controversy and delays.  The bill, aimed at enforcing stricter adherence to mandatory hijab rules, …

Iranwire – The United States says it will unveil new sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran “in the coming days” in retaliation for its arms sales to Russia, and threatened a “severe” response if Tehran moves forward with selling ballistic missiles to Moscow. “We have not seen any confirmation that missiles have actually moved from Iran to Russia,” National …