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Iranian political prisoner transferred to psychiatric hospital in Tehran

Iran-HRM – Farzin Rezaei Roshan, a political prisoner who has been in prison since March 2020, has been transferred to Aminabad psychiatric hospital in southern Tehran’s Shahr-e-Rey district. Babak Paknia, the prisoner’s lawyer, wrote on his Twitter account that the coroner’s office had written a letter in 2017 stating that Mr. Rezaei Roshan was suffering from personality and mood disorders. …

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Iran: Baluch Younes and Abdullah Totazehi Executed in Birjand

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Younes Totazehi and Abdullah Totazehi, two Baluch men who were on death row for drug-related charges, have been executed in Birjand Central Prison. According to the Baluch Activists Campaign, two Baluch men were executed in Birjand Central Prison yesterday morning. Younes and Abdullah Totazehi, both Zahedan natives and uncle and nephew, were sentenced to death …

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Iran: 4 Men and 2 Women at Imminent Risk of Execution in Shiraz

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Four men and two women sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, are at imminent risk of execution at Shiraz Central Prison. Informed sources told IHR that their cases have been sent to the Sentence Enforcement Unit and are expected to be sent to the gallows soon. According to Iran Human Rights, four men and two women are …

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Rouhani claims US has agreed to lift key Iran sanctions

Al-Monitor – President Hassan Rouhani declared that an agreement in principle has been reached with the United States under which Washington will remove a series of crippling sanctions against Tehran. At a televised Cabinet meeting May 20, Rouhani said the relief will cover oil and petrochemical industries, shipping, insurance and banking sectors. The Iranian president noted there are only some details that need …

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Washington is Misreading Iranian Politics

newsweek – The Biden administration’s outreach to Iran is in full swing. A third of a year into its tenure, the new White House appears to be pulling out all the stops in its efforts to reengage with Tehran, and to demolish the “maximum pressure” policy of its predecessor in the process. That policy reversal has already entailed major political …

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