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Iranwire – The Writers’ Association of Iran has condemned the two-year sentence handed down to writer and poet Alireza Nouri and protested against the intensifying campaign of what it described as the “systematic repression and maximum pressure” placed on activists, writers and intellectuals. On February 11, security agents arrested Alireza Nouri, a poet and member of the Writers’ Association of Iran, at …

VOA – As U.S. President Joe Biden begins a diplomatic push to revive a 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers, supporters of the deal say he will need a long-term effort to succeed, while opponents say he should focus instead on pressuring Tehran into a new and tougher deal. The 2015 agreement, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A male prisoner sentenced to death on drug-related charges, has been executed in Boroujerd Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, on the morning of Tuesday, February 16, a male prisoner was executed in Boroujerd Prison, Lorestan province. The identity of the prisoner who was sentenced to death on drug-related charges, has been established as Ali …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – The Tehran Court of Appeals has upheld a five year sentence in absentia for student activist Marjan Eshaghi, who was arrested during the November 2019 nationwide protests. On 12 November 2020, Marjan Eshaghi, a political science student and activist, was sentenced to five years in prison by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – IHR previously reported that two prisoners sentenced to death on drug-related charges had been executed at Birjand Central Prison on February 13. Newly obtained information shows that three people were executed at the prison on that day. According to IHR’s previous report (https://iranhr.net/en/articles/4624/), Baluch prisoners, Jamaladdin Barahouyi and Mohammad Barahouyi were executed on drug-related charges …