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Al-Arabia – Iran executed at least 95 people, including six women, so far this year, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Tuesday. Last year, Iran executed at least 267 people, including nine women, she added. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. Speaking at a session of the Human …

RFL/RE – The United States has seized more than three dozen Iranian state-linked news website domains it accused of spreading disinformation. U.S. authorities have seized 33 websites used by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union (IRTVU) and three websites operated by the Iran-backed Kataib Hizballah militia, the Justice Department said in a statement on June 22. Tehran called the move “not constructive” for …

Iranwire -Thousands of workers in Iran’s oil and gas industries have downed tools in protest over low wages and shoddy working conditions. The strike action was called by the Iranian contract oil workers’ union and could last for up to a week. Two days after the call went out on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, images posted online showed employees in …

Iranwire – More than 100 people have been arrested in southwestern Iran for taking part in weekend-long demonstrations against the outcome of last Friday’s elections. Judiciary officials in Yasuj, the capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad province, said those detained were protesting in connection with the city council election results. Videos received by IranWire show a vast deployment of police …

VOA – Iran’s newly elected president has reiterated support for the 2015 nuclear deal and promised to stabilize relations with Arab neighbors in the Gulf region. Henry Ridgwell reports on what the world can expect from President-elect Ebrahim Raisi.