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PayvandNews – The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has infected 1,787 people and claimed 57 lives in Iran in the past 24 hours, a senior health official said. See full Iran’s coronavirus stats on IRNA’s website Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour made the announcement on Tuesday, saying that the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 139,511 with …

Radiofarda – In a voice recording sent from Qarchak prison on Monday Soheila Hejab, a political and civil rights activist, has said that agents of the Revolutionary Guard brutalized and arrested her after attending an appeals court hearing on Saturday. In her message, the activist says her assailants held her by her hair, dragged her on the ground and kicked …

Radiofarda – Iranian news agencies on Monday reported that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s representative in Khuzestan has visited the families of those injured with plastic bullets on May 23 during protests for lack of drinking water. In a video published by Fars News Agency, Seyed Abdolnabi Mousavifard, Khamenei’s representative in the oil-rich province, is seen at the home of a …

Radiofarda – France’s foreign minister has condemned Iran’s decision to sentence a French-Iranian academic to prison and said relations with Tehran have become more difficult after its politically motivated decision. Fariba Adelkhah was arrested a year ago and charged with “propaganda against the system” and “colluding to commit acts against national security”; common accusations against dual-nationals Iran arrests as bargaining …

Radiofarda – A clash between protesters demanding drinking water and security forces in southwestern Iran has turned into the hottest issue on Iranian social media. On Saturday May 23, security forces fired tear gas and “plastic bullets” into a crowd of residents in Gheizaniyeh in Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan province who were protesting lack of drinking water. According to the web …