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Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee sentenced to an additional year in jail

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee has been sentenced in absentia to an additional one year in prison. Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran issued a one-year sentence in absentia for political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee on the charge of “propaganda against the state.” Amol Prison authorities informed Ms. Iraee as she is being detained in the …

Two Iranian protesters sentenced to total of 13 years in prison

Iran-HRM – Iranian authorities have sentenced two protesters arrested during the November 2019 anti-government protests that swept across Iran. Jalal Namdari and Saeed Khaledi, were sentenced to a total of 13 years in prison on the charges of participating in the protests that erupted that erupted in November 2019 over gasoline prices. Based on the court’s verdict, Khaledi is sentenced …

Iranian Government Responsible to Protect Prisoners against Fourth Wave of COVID

CHRI —The start of a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran has increased concerns about the spread of the virus in the country’s overcrowded and unhygienic prisons and detention centers, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a statement today. As an arm of the Judiciary directly responsible for protecting prisoners’ health, the State Prisons …

RANKING MEMBER RISCH JOINS EFFORT TO BLOCK IRAN SANCTIONS RELIEF

foreign.senate.gov – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty’s (R-Tenn.) Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act of 2021 (S. 488), legislation to enable congressional review of executive branch proposals to terminate or waive sanctions imposed with respect to Iran. “It’s increasingly clear that the Biden Administration’s promises to ‘lengthen and strengthen’ …

Iran not backing down in Middle East, US intel report says

Al- Monitor – Iran’s government is likely to continue to challenge Washington’s influence in the Middle East and pursue espionage within the United States in the coming years, according to an intelligence report newly released by the Biden administration. Despite — or perhaps because of — US pressure on Tehran, the Iranian government is likely to continue seeking to build and maintain …

Al-Arabia – The US said on Thursday that it was “very close” to reaching an agreement on the b…

iranintl – Iran is one of the world’s largest jailers of journalists, cementing itself a…

iranintl – In a bid to deny the latest revelations about the state murder of teenager Nika Sha…

iranintl – Israel carried out an airstrike on a target near Damascus Thursday night, in what s…

iranintl – A former Iranian regime operative and ideologue, currently residing in Canada, has …

iranintl – On Teacher’s Day, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic often boasts tha…

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s judiciary executed at least 63 prisoners over the past…

Iranwire – Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh began a hunger strike in Evin Prison on…

Iranwire – The president of Iran’s Shahid Beheshti University, Mahmoud Aghamiri, announc…

Iranwire – Hemin Ahmadi, a 45-year-old Kurdish kolbar, was shot and killed by Iranian border f…

Iranwire – Another student has been summoned by the Evin Prosecutor’s Office for protest…

VOA – Iran is one of the most sanctioned countries in the world. But restrictions imposed by t…

VOA – Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that efforts underway to norma…

gatestoneinstitute.org – “Hamas sees Western countries such as Germany as a refuge in wh…

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Yaghoub Amiri, a man on death row for drug-related charges, was e…

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Ali Ashraf Khani, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Ahmad Heyrati, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for…

iranintl – A Bushehr Teachers Union member, Reza Amanifar, was arrested as Iranian educators t…

iranintl – With an approaching run-off election to fill the final 32 parliamentary seats, and …

iranintl – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned about ‘normalization with Israel’ Wednesd…

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