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Al-Monitor – An independent adviser to Canada’s government Tuesday criticized Iran’s handling of the ongoing investigation into the shoot-down of a Ukrainian passenger airliner near Tehran early this year. “The party responsible for the situation is investigating itself, mostly in secret,” read a 74-page report released Tuesday by Ralph Goodale, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s appointed special adviser on the incident. Iran …

Iranhr.net- At 24 years old, the Iranian Saba Kordafshari is currently serving a sentence matching her age for merely taking off her hijab on the streets of Tehran. She will spend her youth in prison for standing up for women’s rights in a country that regulates every aspect of a woman’s life. Soon after her arrest, she was joined by her mother, Raheleh …

Iranwire.com – The father of a victim killed in the Ukrainian Airlines flight shot down by Revolutionary Guards in January 2020 has condemned Iran’s foreign minister and a top Guards commander, calling them criminals with blood on their hands. The father of Maryam Malek addressed his accusations to the Tehran Military Prosecutor’s Office, posting a video of his anguished statements on Twitter on December 14. In …

iranwire.com – The dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam was executed in Iran on December 12. Last winter the founder of Amad News was lured from his place of relative safety in Paris to Baghdad, Iraq by the promise of an interview with Ayatollah Sistani, a noted Shia source of emulation. There, he was arrested, kidnapped and spirited back to Iraq by …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s parliament passed a measure on Tuesday to ban dual nationals and holders of foreign residency from running in presidential elections, after speculation that some officials may hold Green Cards from the United States. Read more: Lebanon’s banks impose additional fees on dollar depositors The measure, passed in a session carried live on state radio, still needs to …