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Radiofarda – The chief of police in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province says security forces arrested “a large number” of people who danced in a promenade on eve of religiously sensitive date. The night before 21st of Ramadan is called Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Glory) , which in Islamic belief is when the Quran was first sent from Heaven to the …

Radiofarda – According to a Defense Department press release of May 23 the United States military conducted training exercises with live ammunition in the Persian Gulf in recent days. The training that took place between May 19 and 21 and integrated Marine AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters with the U.S. Air Force AC-130W gunships and U.S Navy ships. “This was a great opportunity …

Iran-HRM – Female political prisoners in Iran go through vicious tortures and interrogations. Following are the cases of Saba Hamadi and Fahimeh Esmaili Badvi. This is but a small part of the atrocities done to female political prisoners in Iran. Saba Hamadi (Abyat), daughter of Zeidan, born in 1998 in Susangerd, Khuzestan Province, is married and a student of Agricultural …

HRANA – Elaheh Samizadeh, a Baha’i citizen, has been sentenced to one extra year of imprisonment and two years suspension from holding all governmental and public jobs by Branch 105 of Shiraz Criminal Court. Ms. Samizadeh had previously been sentenced to six years in prison by Branch One of Shiraz Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Seyed Mahmoud Sadati, on …

RFL/RE – The global death toll from the coronavirus is almost 350,000 with more than 5.4 million infections confirmed, causing mass disruptions as governments continue to try to slow the spread of the new respiratory illness. Here’s a roundup of COVID-19 developments in RFE/RL’s broadcast regions. Iran Iran has reopened its religious shrines, some two months after closing them due …