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Iran-HRM – The Intelligence agents of the State Security Force shot and killed a young man at his home in the southern Dashtestan County.Iman Malaki, 35, was shot and killed by the state forces who stormed his home on April 13, to arrest his brother. Iman Malaki’s resistance against the sudden attack of the plainclothes agents who did not have …

RFL/RE – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says Ali Motaghian, the chief of Iran’s semiofficial ISNA news agency, has been convicted over the publishing of an article quoting a former Iranian diplomat who criticized Tehran’s “arbitrary” intelligence operations in Europe. It was not immediately clear what sentence was handed down in the case and whether Motaghian was in custody …

RFL/RE – Facebook says it has begun to label state-controlled media organizations such as Russia’s Sputnik, Iran’s Press TV, and China’s Xinhua News so that people know whether the content they read is coming from an entity that may be under the influence of a state. The social media company announced plans to create a state media label in October …

VOA – A U.S. Navy veteran, whose family said his only crime was falling in love, left Iran on Thursday after nearly two years of detention, winning his freedom as part of a deal that spared an American-Iranian physician any more time behind American bars. Michael White flew from Tehran to Zurich, where he was met by diplomat Brian Hook, the U.S. special envoy …

Al-Monitor – By opening two border crossings with Iran and Iraq, Turkey is seeking to boost the economy, and many businesses resume operations in the country this week.  Trucks are seen at the Habur border gate in this still taken from video in Habur, Turkey, Oct. 31, 2017. Photo by REUTERS TV/ via REUTERS. Turkey will reopen two border crossings with Iraq and …