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Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Two students from Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology and former national and international Olympiad winners were beaten up and detained by Revolutionary Guards on April 10.  On 10 April 2020, the Revolutionary Guards arrested Ali Younesi, a second-year Computer Engineering student, and Amir Hossein Moradi, second-year Physics student. The agents confiscated their personal belongings such …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has tried to put a brave face on the latest setback to hit the regime, claiming that Iran is unlikely to suffer as much as other countries from the oil price drop because it is less reliant than others on crude exports. If that were truly the case, then Tehran would not be asking …

Al-Monitor – Iran is faced with very difficult choices in its current struggle to contain the health and economic fallout from COVID-19. There’s no doubt that unemployment remains the government’s key concern, and to get people back to work, authorities are prepared to accept public health risks. In fact, to underline the dimensions of the challenge, on April 11 government …

Shabtabnews – Yesterday in a virtual meeting attended by various speakers including – Ambassador Sam Brownback , the US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom , the role of Iranian regime and Chinese goverment in spreading the Covid-19 emidemic was discussed. During this meeting which was attended by Dr Hamid Gharagozloo the representative of IOPHR (International organisation for preservation of human rights), made …

Radiofarda – Medical officials in several Iranian provinces have expressed concern about the second wave of coronavirus outbreak following the lifting of some restrictions. The president of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Abbas Mousavi, says, “lifting intercity traffic restrictions” and increased number of travelers has deepened “concerns about the second wave of the deadly virus outbreak. Speaking to the state-run …