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Radiofarda – In his third report to the General Assembly of the United Nations, Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman has said that he is alarmed and shocked by the violence used against protesters in Iran during the November 209 civil unrest. “The Special Rapporteur expresses his shock at the unprecedented use of excessive and lethal force by State security forces during …

Radiofarda – Prominent Iranian human rights advocate Nasrin Sotoudeh has been on a hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin prison for more than three weeks to protest the risk that political prisoners in Iran face amid the coronavirus pandemic. Sotoudeh, who launched her hunger strike on August 11, said she will refuse to eat to secure the release of political prisoners …

(Reuters) – A fugitive Iranian judge whose corpse was found in a Bucharest hotel in June had committed suicide by jumping from a hotel’s 5th floor, Romanian prosecutors said on Friday. Gholamreza Mansouri, 52, fled corruption charges in Iran last year, one of several judges accused during a high-profile trial. He was found dead on June 19 in the lobby …

RFL/RE – Speaking on Friday, the Iranian President’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi dismissed any plans for direct talks with the United States after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov proposed to mediate between Iran and the United States. Speaking to Tasnim News Agency, Vaezi said that Iran has already made it clear that, in order for Iran to negotiate with …

VOA – Iran continues to increase its stockpile of enriched uranium in violation of limitations set in a landmark deal with world powers, but has begun providing access to sites where it was suspected of having stored or used undeclared nuclear material and possibly conducted nuclear-related activities,, the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency said Friday.The International Atomic Energy Agency reported in …