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Shabtabnews – IRF US Ambassador, Sam Brownback, yesterday in a twitter statement welcomed the sanctioning of  several Iranian officials and entities for gross violations of human rights. The United States has sanctioned several Iranian officials and entities for gross violations of human rights, including denial of the right to liberty of those seeking to practice their faith.  Iran should respect the right …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The tweet contains interesting indicators to how [the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, Richard] Haas tries to dodge the issue. He presents Afkari’s killing as a judicial “execution”, enabling Zarif to say “well, you have executions in some states of the US as well.” In November 1938, a few days after Kristallnacht, the French ambassador to …

Radiofarda – The 47 countries present at this week’s United Nations Human Rights Council meeting condemned the sudden execution of the young Iranian wrestler, Navid Afkari, also demanding the release of Nasrin Sotoudeh and Narges Mohammadi and an end to the repeated violations of human rights in Iran. In a joint statement, read by the German representative to the UN …

Radiofarda – The Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has set “conditions” for the United States to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. “The return of the United States to the nuclear deal is the first step that they should take. For this return, [the U.S.] must compensate for damage it …

Iran-HRM -Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence against a prisoner who suffered almost 29 years on death row. The prisoner, Moein Salavarzi has languished in a cruel limbo after being arrested and charged with murdering his brother in 1991. In a phone call to his family last week, the 55-year-old said that his death sentence has been upheld by the …