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Amnesty – We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call on your government to address the continuing crisis of impunity for serious human rights violations committed by the Iranian authorities during the November 2019 protests and their aftermath, including through collective action at the 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council. View report in English DOWNLOAD PDF

Radiofarda – Following a barrage of harsh criticism, Mohsen Haji-Mirzaei, the Iran’s Minister of Education, said on Monday, September 7, that “Students are not obliged to attend schools.” A week earlier, Haji-Mirzaei insisted that Iranian students begin to come back to reopened schools outside the red-zoned areas. In a change of opinion, Haji-Mirzaei told citizens, “From the beginning, we said …

Radiofarda – Police arrested an outspoken Iranian women’s rights activist in Turkey on Monday, and may deport her to Iran, where she may potentially could face torture, prison and even the death penalty. Maryam Shariatmadari is one of the Iranian women who courageously defied compulsory Hijab in the Twelver-Shi’ite clergy-dominated country. The anti-compulsory hijab movement, called “the Girls of Revolution …

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic Minister of Communications and Information Technology (ITC), Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi, says the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces will begin developing infrastructure related to cyberspace. Speaking at the opening ceremony of a data center on Sunday, Azari-Jahromi said, “Messengers are another critical issue that the General Staff is helping with.” Azari-Jahromi had previously dismissed …

RFL/RE – Iran says it has begun to build an underground hall near the country’s main uranium-enrichment center in Natanz in the wake of a July explosion that badly damaged a building housing centrifuges.“It was decided to establish a more modern, wider, and more comprehensive hall in all dimensions in the heart of the mountain near Natanz,” the head of …