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iranwire.com – On November 20, 2020, the Tehran-based newspaper Kayhan declared a “complete defeat of the coronavirus in China”. Quoting President Xi Jinping, the ultraconservative daily wrote: “While the World Health Organization has warned of an upward curve of Covid-19 deaths in many countries, China yesterday announced the complete defeat of coronavirus within the country. China, which has a population of more …

iranwire.com – Siamak Namazi, who has been jailed in Iran since 2015, has appealed to President Rouhani’s vice president for science and technology, asking him to put an end to the injustice Namazi and his family continue to endure. Siamak Namazi has been accused of collaborating with the “hostile” United States government and has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. His father, …

iranwire.com -A member of the National Coronavirus Taskforce has described the news that coronavirus drugs are being sold on the black market as a “tragedy.” On November 23, Dr. Minoo Moharez, a member of the National Coronavirus Taskforce’s Scientific Committee, expressed outrage that several types of medication used to treat Covid-19 patients are being sold at exorbitant prices at Tehran’s Nasser Khosrow Avenue, …

iranwire.com – A freelance reporter facing a five-year prison sentence in Iran has been recognized in the Committee to Protect Journalists’ annual International Press Freedom Awards. Mohammad Mosaed was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison and a two-year ban on journalism by Branch 26 of Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court on August 25, 2020. The veteran economic reporter …

Iran Human Rights (IHR)- Arsham Rezaee, a civil activist who was arrested by security forces five days ago, has been transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. According to Iran Human Rights, Arsham Rezaee and his nephew, Vahid Rezaee were arrested by security forces at Arsham’s house on Tuesday, November 17, and transferred to an unknown location. Informed sources told …