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Iranwire – Five people were arrested and sentenced to death over protests that broke out in Khomeini Shahr, Isfahan province, in December 2017. Their situation remains acutely worrying and there are a number of outstanding questions the Islamic Republic is not willing to answer. The judiciary agreed to a “retrial” of the case about four months ago. But no proceedings have been …

Iran-HRM- Jailed dissident Majid Khademi has been in limbo for 15 months in Behbahan Prison in Khuzestan Province. He has been prevented from contacting his family and banned from being released on bail, which was set in December at 3.5 billion Tomans. There have been grave fears over the spread of coronavirus in Behbahan Prison, where prisoners have complained of overcrowded and …

CHRI —The situation of dual-nationals and foreign persons taken hostage and imprisoned by the Iranian government has not only remained unchanged, but in certain cases it has deteriorated, despite the new US administration’s approach to Iran and resumption of nuclear talks between the P5+1 and Iran in recent weeks. It is essential that the US and EU prioritize the release …

amnesty – Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) ruthlessly persisted with executions, defying the unprecedented challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, making them some of the world’s most prolific executioners of 2020, said Amnesty International in its annual global death penalty report today. The report reveals that four out of five of the world’s top executioners are MENA …

Al-Monitor – “There is no discussion whatsoever on an interim deal,” declared Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Abbas Araghchi, as Tehran and the remaining members of the Iran nuclear deal were resuming talks in Vienna on how to revive the accord. Araghchi, who was also a senior member of the Iranian team during talks that culminated in the original deal in 2015, …