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Iran-HRM – Two weeks after the transfer of political prisoner Mehran Qarebaghi and an ordinary prisoner, Mohammad Hossein Ansarifar, from the Prison of Behbahan to the detention center of the Intelligence Department of Ahvaz, no news is available on them. The two prisoners were moved to the detention center of the Intelligence Department of Ahvaz at 3 a.m. on July …

RadioZamaneh – Zamaneh Media’s 17th Labor Rights Quarterly Report which covers labor issues of Iranian workers from April to June 2021 is now available for download. Zamaneh in this report covers labor protests, expulsion, flogging, and imprisonment of workers, issues that pensioners face, exploitation of oil and gas workers, municipal workers’ demands, protests of teachers, and sexual harassment at the …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Eleven days after the peaceful Khuzestan protests began due to water shortages, protests have spread to Isfahan, Kurdistan, East Azerbaijan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, North Khorasan, Lorestan, Bushehr, Alborz and Tehran provinces. There are also reports of live ammunition being used to suppress the protests resulting in at least ten protesters being killed in Khuzestan and …

Al-Monitor – With protests raging all across the country over water shortages and electricity, Iran’s parliament has decided now is not a good time to push through a controversial bill further limiting Iranian citizens’ access to the internet. The bill, titled “protecting users in cyberspace and organizing social media,” was set to be publicly discussed on Iran’s parliament floor July 26. The review of …

mtvuutiset.fi – Prosecuted for executions in Iran A 60-year-old man is charged at Stockholm District Court for a serious violation of international law and several murders during mass executions in Iran in 1988, reports TT. The man, who has been in custody for almost two years, is suspected of having played a leading role in the executions of thousands of …