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Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, has been executed at Gonbad Kavous Prison. According to the Iran newspaper website, on the morning of 28 September, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) was executed at Gonbad Kavous Prison. The prisoner, who is yet to be identified, had been accused of killing two teenagers when …

madinamerica.com – Iran witnessed a dramatic growth in the diagnosis of Bipolar Spectrum Disorder (BSD) over the last few decades. This has been accompanied by a rise in the prescription of mood stabilizers and other drugs. A new study in Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry investigates the conditions underlying this rise in diagnosis and the accompanying controversies. The researchers, Fahimeh Mianji and Laurence …

Shabtabnews – In an official statement IOPHR declared that “Sadly, Iranian women and girls are the biggest victims of the inhumane, backward and sexist policies and laws of the ruling regime in Iran, which have been falsely imposed on the Iranian society in the name of religion. As a result of these laws Iran has become the largest oppressor of …

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statements US State department stated “The Islamic Republic does not tolerate dissent of any kind and persecutes civil society activists, including labour rights leaders, and members of ethnic and religious minority groups.” It also called “Its prisons are notorious for mistreatment and torture, and it uses capital punishment on minors and for crimes that do …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Abbas has already damaged the Palestinians’ relations with some Arab countries by condemning the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain for signing peace treaties with Israel…. Now it appears that the Palestinians are also headed toward ruining their relations with Egypt because of Abbas’s decision to make peace with Hamas and appease Iran, Turkey and Qatar. “Qatar has provided …