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Iranwire – On February 26, 1999, millions of Iranians made their way to polling stations across the country to vote in the Islamic Republic’s first-ever local council elections. Some 600,000 candidates stood for 200,000 seats, across 25,000 villages and more than 900 cities: the culmination of years of work to establish a new tier of governance by politicians and experts …

Iranwire – The Iranian year 1399 (March 2021 to March 2021) broke all inflation-related records in the history of the Iranian economy. The outlook for the year 1400 is not much better. Even the spokesman for the governor of the Central Bank  -2021-2022], on the other hand, has begun with no clear prospects for the Iranian economy, and the central …

VOA – The U.S. and Iran have agreed to a second round of indirect talks in Vienna next week to try to bring each other back into compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal, but Iran has insisted that all U.S. sanctions against it be lifted and the U.S. warned that such a demand may lead to an impasse. A senior …

Amnesty.org –This press release has been updated to correct the estimated number of prisoners killed, based on Amnesty International’s ongoing investigation into the incident and new information received by the organization.  Amnesty International has reviewed a court document issued by Branch 101 of Criminal Court Two in the city of Bavi, Khuzestan province, which confirms that five prisoners were killed …

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement US Office of International Religious Freedom declared : “We are concerned by amendments to Articles 499 & 500 of Iran’s penal code, which may lead to more prosecutions of individuals for exercising their freedoms of religion, belief & expression. We call on Iran to uphold these human rights for all, including religious minorities. “ …