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Iranwire – In a “top secret” letter recently leaked on social media, Tehran Justice Department ordered that Instagram, Google Play (Android app store), VPNs and filter-breakers be blocked in Iran. The order was published by Nariman Gharib, a United Kingdom-based activist, on his Twitter account on May 19. It was attributed to Javad Javidnia, a deputy chief of the department. A few …

CHRI – Protests by hard-hit farmers over Iran’s worsening water crisis are being repressed by state security forces as officials increasingly describe the protests as a “national security” issue. Environmental scientist Kaveh Madani explained in an interview with the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) that a major portion of the Iranian population “has become directly dependent on water for its …

(Reuters) – Iran has hand picked hundreds of trusted fighters from among the cadres of its most powerful militia allies in Iraq, forming smaller, elite and fiercely loyal factions in a shift away from relying on large groups with which it once exerted influence.FILE PHOTO: Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani, the newly appointed commander of Iran’s Quds Force, reads the will …

Iranwire – Iran’s Supreme Court has thrown out an attempt at group litigation by Sunni Muslims against President Hassan Rouhani. According to Etemad newspaper, the Sunnis had prepared a 33-page complaint against the premier and registered it in the Supreme Court on April 28, 2021. In it, they said Rouhani had broken his election manifesto promises to ensure the rights of minority …

Iranwire – A Canadian court has ruled the downing of Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 last January was a deliberate act of terror. On Thursday, May 20 the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario ruled that “on the balance of probabilities” the Revolutionary Guards had deliberately shot the passenger plane out of the skies over Tehran, killing all 176 people onboard. …