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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 …

Radiofarda – Iran’s foreign ministry announced on Sunday that Saeed Khatibzadeh, a diplomat, will be its new spokesman, after former spokesperson Abbas Mousavi was appointed as ambassador to Azerbaijan. Media in Tehran reports that his formal introduction as spokesman took place on August 16, in the presence of foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Mr. Khatibzadeh is not a well-known figure …