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Radiofarda – In his annual report, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described “repeated and serious violations” of human rights in Iran as a “grave concern.” The report published on Wednesday was prepared for submission to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) two months ago. Guterres’s report, which covers the period from September 2018 to the summer of 2020, underlines “repeated serious violations” …

VOA- Two female Iranian dissidents have responded defiantly to being summoned to start prison terms in Iran, saying they have no regrets for signing the 2019 letter that called for the nation’s Islamist ruler to quit and triggered their arrest. In exclusive Thursday interviews with VOA Persian from Iran, Shahla Entesari and Shahla Jahanbin said they had received phone calls …

RFL/RE – A U.S. guided-missile destroyer came to the aid of an Iranian-flagged vessel in distress in the Arabian Sea, an international maritime coalition said on October 16. The dhow broke down due to a motor problem and launched a distress call to the USS Winston S. Churchill on October 15, according to the Combined Maritime Forces. “When hailed over …

RFL/RE – October 18 marks the end of a decade-old United Nations arms embargo against Iran after the United States failed overcome opposition within the UN Security Council to get it extended — including opposition from Washington’s European allies.The expiration date for the embargo was agreed upon under the 2015 nuclear deal that Washington unilaterally withdrew from in 2018.In theory, …

Iran-HRM – Nearly 20 days days past the loss of his father, political prisoner Amir Hossein Moradi has not yet been allowed to go home to visit his family or attend the memorial ceremonies for his father. Amir Hossein Moradi is one of a dozen protesters who have been sentenced to death after being arrested during the November 2019 protests in Iran. …