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Iranwire – On Tuesday, March 9, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei declared that Iran was ready to take part in fresh prisoner exchanges with the United States. Speaking at a weekly press conference in Tehran and quoted by Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), the official stated that Iran was still waiting to see whether the Biden administration was committed to rejoining the …

Iranwire – British soldiers introduced football to Iran in 1908, but it took 62 years before women could get anywhere near the sport. Women’s football began in Iran in 1970. The first sparks were ignited when women first joined men in playing for local and street teams in various cities, serving as goalkeepers and sometimes playing other positions too. It is worth noting that at that time, football …

VOA- A U.N. report on the human rights situation in Iran presents a bleak picture of a society living under a system of brutal political repression and rampant violations of fundamental freedoms.  The report has been submitted to the U.N. human rights council.  In his presentation to the council, U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran …

VOA – The family of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared in Iran after being abducted in 2007, says it is encouraged by the Biden administration’s latest vow to press Tehran for answers on his fate, but also wants U.S. officials to do more than make public appeals for Iranian authorities to act. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken …

(HRW) – The Iranian government should overturn a court ruling to dissolve one of the country’s largest nongovernmental groups that works to alleviate poverty, 15 human rights and civil society organizations, including Human Rights Watch, said today in a joint statement. A court ordered the shutdown at the government’s request in apparent coordination with Iran’s abusive intelligence and security apparatus. On March 5, …