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iranhumanrights – February 28, 2020 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is extremely concerned by reports that prisoners in Iran lack access to medicines as well as hygiene and sanitary products amid a rapidly rising death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in the country. “We’re receiving disturbing reports that Iranian authorities are neglecting their domestic and international legal obligations to …

alarabiya – pro-Iranian regime activist who had previously said reports of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran were a ploy to lower voter turnout in the country’s general election, has died from the disease on Friday, according to a semi-official news agency report. Iran’s death toll from the outbreak has reached 43, a health official told state TV on Saturday, adding …

radiofarda – The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who has been in prison in Iran since April 2016 says she is badly ill and not improving. They suspect she may have been infected with coronavirus (COVID-19) in prison. In a statement published on February 29, the Free Nazanin Campaign said they could confirm that she now believes she has contracted coronavirus …

radiofarda – The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday discussed the crisis in Syria with his Turkish and Russian counterparts by phone and proposed to host a trilateral meeting in Tehran. Tensions are high between Moscow and Ankara over fighting in Syria. According to Iran’s state TV, Rouhani told his Turkish counterpart that innocent people should be protected in Syria’s …

amnesty – Amirhossein Moradi, Mohammad Rajabi and Saeed Tamjidi have been sentenced to death in connection with acts of arson that took place during protests in November 2019. Their trial was grossly unfair. They were denied access to lawyers during the investigation phase and say they were tortured. Amirhossein Moradi says he was coerced into giving a “confession” that was …