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Radiofarda – The Iranian parliament has effectively torpedoed President Hassan Rouhani’s plan to make up for the country’s nearly 50 percent budget deficit. Deputy Majles Speaker Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh confirmed at the open session of the Majles on Sunday, August 16 that the chiefs of the parliament’s economic and plan and budget committees have protested against Rouhani’s plan at an …

Radiofarda – Following the recent bilateral talks with Iran concerning compensation for the victims of Flight PS752 downed in February by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says that Ukraine will not make any compromise that will humiliate the victims of the tragedy or fail to satisfy their relatives’ demands. Kuleba made the remarks during an interview with …

Iran-HRM – Seventy-two political prisoners who have been detained for partaking in the November 2019 protests, are participating in a hunger strike over coronavirus fears at the Greater Tehran Penitentiary. The prisoners announced in a letter today that they started a hunger strike to protest against being denied leave during the Coronavirus pandemic and poor prison conditions. The strikers refused meals …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution in-kind) for murder was executed in Urmia Central Prison (also known as Darya Prison) this morning. According to Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Urmia Central Prison this morning. The prisoner’s identity has been established as Arsalan Yasini, around 32, who was on death row for murder. Yesterday, IHR …

Shabtabnews – In a statement IOPHR (the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights) condemened the affirmation of Ms. Zahra Esmaeili, death sentence by the Iranian Supereme Court, due to her innocence, non-transparent trial process, and not having access to a lawyer. In the statment IOPHR “urges all democratic, and freedom-loving governments of the world, especially the member states of the …