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Shabtabnews – On March 11th, IOPHR wrote and open letter to Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles, (Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy & Vice-President of the European Commission), regarding the Iranian Government’s struggles dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran. In the letter IOPHR warns the EU that the Iranian ruling government does not seem to pay …

Radiofarda – For the first time since 1962 Iran has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency funding to help it fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, which has infected more than 10,000 people and claimed hundreds of lives so far. In a tweet on Thursday Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran’s Central Bank has requested immediate access to funding …

Radiofarda – Speaking in Washington at House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday the U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Iran sanctions do not prohibit humanitarian contributions to ease coronavirus pressure on Iran. Britain, France and Germany offered Iran a package of material and financial support to combat the rapid spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 3 and pledged 5 million euros …

Radiofarda – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has included Iran’s Cyberspace Supreme Council among the twenty worst digital predators in 2020 in a list published to mark this year’s World Day Against Cyber-Censorship, celebrated on 12 March. RSF asserts that the Iranian Cyberspace Supreme Council uses digital technology to “spy on and harass” journalists and thereby “jeopardize people’s ability to get …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Soheil Arabi who is presently detained in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary wrote a letter from prison, pointing to the threats of coronavirus and drugs posed to those arrested during the November 2019 protests in Iran and presently detained in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary. Full text of his letter follows: I want to be the voice of my fellow …