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German Judges Association Awards Iranian Rights Lawyer On Hunger Strike In Prison

Radiofarda – The German Judges Association (DRB) has awarded its Human Rights Prize to the Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh who is currently on a hunger strike in an Iranian prison in protest to the conditions of political prisoners. “Nasrin Sotoudeh has become a symbol of the Iranian civil rights movement through her courage and tireless commitment to human …

Radiofarda – Sweden’s Foreign Minister Ann Linde said on Wednesday that her country supports Amnesty International’s call for a full investigation of alleged human rights violations following the 2019 protests in Iran Linde tweeted that the Amnesty International report released Wednesday painted a grim picture of serious violations following the protests, adding, “[We] support the call for a full investigation …

Iranian Truck Carrying Heroin Seized at Azerbaijan Border

Radiofarda – The Operation and Investigation Office of Azerbaijan’s Southern Territorial Main Customs Department says that it has seized a truck carrying 305 kilograms (approximately 670 pounds) of heroin near the country’s border with Iran. The seized parcels are valued at 22 million euros (more than $26 million) on the region’s black market, according to local Azeri news outlets. According …

Radiofarda – In a statement on Wednesday the U.S. State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has in a phone thanked Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis as the U.S. protecting power in Iran and assistance in repatriating imprisoned U.S. citizens from Iran. “Secretary Pompeo thanked Foreign Minister Cassis for Switzerland’s continued and constructive role as our …

House-Arrested Iran Reformist Leader’s Family Deny He Encourages Election Participation

Radiofarda – The family of Mehdi Karroubi, one of the leaders of Iran’s Green Movement who has been under house arrest without being officially charged since February 2011, say that he has been granted opportunities to meet people outside his home, but denied that he has encouraged people to vote in next year’s presidential election. Karroubi was put under house arrest along …

iranintl – The secretary of the union of Iran’s university professors warned that the Interior…

iranintl – The Islamic Republic’s Education Minister is criticizing UNESCO’s 2030 Education Ag…

iranintl – The appointment of Jamileh Alamolhoda, the wife of President Ebrahim Raisi, to the …

iranintl – Iran retained its position as the second highest country to imprison writers amid t…

RFL/RE – An Iranian warship equipped with drones and missiles has crossed the equator into the…

VOA – Supporters of two U.S. nationals seen as unjustly imprisoned overseas are raising concer…

RFL/RE – Iran has released the crew of a seized Portuguese-flagged ship linked to Israel but r…

gatestoneinstitute.org – Iran’s Encirclement of Israel, Control of Red Sea, Almost Compl…

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Sohrab Rafieian and Morteza Azimi, two co-defendants on death row…

iranintl – High-ranking officials from the US treasury will travel to Singapore and Malaysia n…

iranintl – Just over two weeks have passed since Israel conducted its surgical strike against …

iranintl – Israel is building a “cyber dome” to counter online threats, in particu…

iranintl – Since the Mahsa protests, Iran’s courts have prosecuted dozens of individuals…

iranintl – US lawmakers Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine) urged the Biden ad…

iranintl – Despite recent public outcry and opposition to the construction of a mosque in one …

Iranwire – On Wednesday, the judiciary of the Islamic Republic executed Anwar Khezri, a Kurdis…

Iranwire – The start of a new crackdown on women in Iran and the deployment of morality police…

Iranwire – Saeed Mousanejad, a master’s student entering his first year at Tehran Univer…

gatestoneinstitute.org – Never before have sanctions been so ostentatiously disregarded withou…

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Nasir Hariri, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for …

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