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Iran-HRM – Family members of inmates held in Seiban and Sepidar prisons in Ahvaz have been kept in the dark about the fate of their loved ones following riots in the prisons on March 30 and 31. Reports indicate that following prison riots on March 31, intelligence authorities in Ahvaz transferred political prisoners from ward 5 of Sheiban Prison to …

HRANA – At least 50 prisoners in ward 11 of Tabriz Prison are on death row. HRANA identified 10 of them as following: Mohammad Khosravi was sentenced to death on the charge of murder. He is in prison for six years. Akbar Norouzi was sentenced to death on the charge of murder. He is in prison for eight years. Gholamreza …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Body of the death row juvenile offender who was beaten to death in an Iranian prison, is finally handed over to his family for the burial. Danial Zeinolabedini who allegedly committed a murder at the age of 17. He and several other prisoners, including his co-defendant Danial Divani-Azar were beaten badly by the security guards …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The international community needs to refrain from handing the Iranian regime any direct financial aid. The four-decade history of the ruling mullahs has shown that any extra revenues obtained by the leadership have not benefited the ordinary people in Iran. If the mullahs are seeking financial assistance because they actually desire to help their own people, why did they refuse …

Al-Monitor – The benchmark Tehran Stock Exchange index managed to break above its all-time highs just before the Iranian fiscal year ended March 19. The annual total return reached a whopping 187%, registering the highest annual growth in the exchange’s existence. Interestingly, the equal-weighted index, the barometer applied to measure the performance of micro-size listed companies, rocketed up during the same …