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VOA – A fire at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility last month was the result of sabotage, the spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation told state TV channel al-Alam on Sunday. “The explosion at Natanz nuclear facility was a result of sabotage operations, security authorities will reveal in due time the reason behind the blast,” said Behrouz Kamalvandi. Iran’s top security …

Iran-HRM – Inmates do forced labor in the Great Tehran Penitentiary. This is according to recent reports from inside Iran. Some of the supervisors and prison guards in Ward 5 of the Great Tehran Penitentiary take advantage of the inmates who are in jail for selling alcoholic beverages. There are more than 1500 inmates in the Great Tehran Penitentiary (Fashafuyeh) who have …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution in-kind) for murder has been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for his execution in Sanandaj Central Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, a prisoner on death row at Sanandaj Central Prison was transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for his execution this morning. His identity has been established …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization Head Touraj Dehghani-Zanganeh says analysis of the data and cockpit talk from the Ukrainian jet shot down by Revolutionary Guard missiles on January 8, 2020 shows the passengers and the crew were not harmed for at least 19 seconds before the second missile hit the plane. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Dehghani-Zanganeh said the …

Radiofarda – Forty-four lawyers in Iran have urged a prominent Iranian advocate of human rights, Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh, and other political prisoners to end their hunger strikes and avoid endangering their own lives. The attorneys also demand the release of inmates amid the COVID pandemic. The attorneys say in an open letter that it is logical, humane, and legal to …