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Al-Monitor – Iran has seen the rial’s value fall by almost half this year as the currency now stands at a record low against the US dollar, triggered by ongoing sanctions, coronavirus restrictions and, according to some experts, Iran’s foreign policy adventures since the 1979 revolution. Iran’s currency dropped to its lowest value ever against the US dollar last week …

UN.org – The top UN rights official has called on Iran to release imprisoned human rights defenders, lawyers and political prisoners, citing deep concerns over their situation and heightened risk of contracting COVID-19.  According to the UN human rights office (OHCHR), conditions in Iranian prisons, suffering from chronic overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions, have worsened during the pandemic. Shortage of water …

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statmentt USCIRF expressed deep concern in regards to Sunni Muslims arrests by the Iranian regime. USCIRF is deeply concerned by a recent uptick in arrests of Sunni Muslims in #Iran, and calls on Iran's government to cease persecuting this religious minority. https://t.co/HnhOQ26aCH— USCIRF (@USCIRF) October 6, 2020

Radiofarda – In the summer of 1988, Iran executed thousands of its opponents who were serving their sentences behind bars. At the time, Mir Hossein Mousavi was at the helm of the government as the Prime Minister, with Mousavi and his supporters insisting that he was unaware of the extrajudicial mass executions. Recently, Amnesty International (AI) presented documents that say otherwise. Amnesty …

Radiofarda – A former member of the Iranian parliament, Hedayatullah Khademi, says that all residents of a village in the oil-rich province of Khuzestan in southwest Iran have been infected with the coronavirus. Allegedly, no medical treatment or measures have been taken by the Iranian government institutions for the villagers. Khademi, a member of the 10th parliament from Izeh, posted …