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RFL/RE – Iranian authorities have confirmed two cases of the new COVID-19 coronavirus, the first in the country, the semiofficial ISNA news agency reported on February 19.ISNA quoted an official in the country’s Health Ministry, Kiyanoush Jahanpour, as saying that “some suspected cases of the new coronavirus were found” over the past two days.Jahanpour said the two confirmed cases were detected in …

VOA – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in Riyadh on Wednesday at a time of heightened tensions in the Middle East. Some issues on the agenda include tensions with Iran, the Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan, the ongoing war in Yemen and human rights issues. VOA’s Ardita Dunellari reports the meetings take place at a time when both countries …

HRW – An Iranian revolutionary court has upheld the unjust sentences against eight environmental experts already detained for over two years, Human Rights Watch said today. Iranian authorities have failed to produce any evidence to support their charges against members of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation and should free them immediately. On February 18, 2020, Gholamhossein Esmaili, Iran’s judiciary spokesman, confirmed …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – According to information received by IHR, death row juvenile offender Danial Zeinolabedini might be in danger of execution. Sources close to the plaintiff, have told Danial’s family that he will be executed before the Iranian new year (this year on March 20). Danial Zeinolabedini is a juvenile offender whose death sentence has been upheld by …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Three prisoners were hanged on February 5 at the Iranian city of Kermanshah. Iranian authorities and media remain silent about the executions. According to IHR sources, on the morning of Wednesday, February 5, 2020, three prisoners were hanged at Kermanshah prison -also known as Dizel-Abad prison. IHR could identify two as Shahab Naderi (22) and …