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CHRI —The return of Nasrin Sotoudeh to Gharchak Prison, reported today, December 2, 2020, by her husband, is condemned in the strongest terms, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a statement today. “Nasrin Sotoudeh’s return to prison is a travesty of justice that endangers her life and reflects the Iranian authorities’ complete contempt for the rule of law,” …

The Iranian National Commission for UNESCO honored actress Jaleh Olov, Iranian actor and voice actor with a lifetime achievement award on the margins of the Selfie 20 Short Film Festival in Tehran on Monday. The 93-year-old Olov expressed her thanks to the organizers in a video message screened during the closing ceremony of the festival, and said, “I am proud of …

VOA – The wife of an Iranian-Swedish medical doctor sentenced to death in Iran for alleged espionage says authorities have ordered his transfer to a prison where he could face imminent execution. Speaking to VOA Persian from her home in Sweden on Tuesday, Vida Mehran Nia said she learned earlier in the day that her husband Ahmad Reza Jalali was …

Al-Aarbia – US President-elect Joe Biden will insist Iran agrees to new demands if it wants the US to return to a nuclear deal and lift sanctions, The New York Times said Wednesday. The Times said the Biden administration would seek to extend the duration of “restrictions on Iran’s production of fissile material that could be used to make a …

iranwire.com – An official at the Tehran Chamber of Commerce has announced that there will be few obstacles in Iran obtaining US-manufactured Covid-19 vaccines since 30 percent of the drugs entering Iran each month come from the United States anyway. “Issues such as sanctions or money transfers do not pose any obstacle to the import of vaccines,” Nasser Riahi, Deputy Chairman …