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Shabtabenews – In a statement the USCRIF condemned the restrictions imposed by the Iranian regime on religious groups. USCIRF Commissioner @USCIRF_Bauer: "#Iran's restrictions on holiday observance and attempts to effectively ‘reeducate’ Baha’is place the country among the world’s most notorious religious freedom violators." (1/2) https://t.co/2E7EM9xqwp— USCIRF (@USCIRF) January 15, 2021 The statement also went further by stating: USCIRF Commissioner @USCIRF_Bauer: …

VOA – The family of a jailed Iranian dissident who is marking 20 years in Iran’s prison system without a single day of leave is appealing for international help in securing his parole from a life sentence for supporting an exiled opposition group. Saeed Masouri, who is in his mid-50s, has been imprisoned in Iran since Jan. 8, 2001, for …

Iranwire – It began as a rumor but has now been confirmed: according to Iran’s own official media, Emad Edward Sharqi, vice-president of the holdings company and noted tech investor Sarava, was arrested while attempting to leave the country. The reports didn’t say when the arrest took place. But the rumors about it had begun a month earliy. Sharqi was …

Iranwire – Fourteen year-old Behrooz insisted on returning to Iran. He had refused to go to school for three days and had dug his heels in, saying, “I have to go back to Iran.” It had been three years since he had been sent abroad to study at the suggestion of his family. The Baha’is in Iran were in a …

Iran-HRM – There was a wave of arrests of Kurdish citizens and activists over the past week in Kurdish cities or cities with Kurdish residents. At least 26 Kurdish citizens were arrested and detained by intelligence agents over the past days in the cities of Mahabad, Marivan, Rabat, Bukan, Sarvabad, and Sanandaj. They were transferred to intelligence institutions. These citizens were arrested without warrant. Some …