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Radiofarda – An Iranian women’s rights and anti-compulsory hijab activist has won an international prestigious women’s award in Geneva, Switzerland. Shaparak Shajarizadeh, 44, received her award on February 18. She was a Girl of Revolution Street meaning one of the Iranian women who dared to take their scarves off in busy public places to protest compulsory hijab and Islamic Republic’s …

Radiofarda – The February plenary of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is underway in Paris. The outcome of this meeting could prove pivotal for Iran. The FATF, an intergovernmental body charged with setting standards and monitoring implementation of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) policies, has threatened to “fully lift the suspension of counter-measures and call on its …

Al-Arabia – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived on Wednesday in Riyadh for a three-day visit during which he will discuss regional security after the US killing last month of a top Iranian general pushed the oil-producing region closer to an all-out war. Pompeo was received at King Khalid International Airport by Princess Reema Bint Bandar bin Sultan al-Saud, …

Radiofarda – Three months past Iran protests in November 2019, Iranian judiciary officials have not yet reported on the number of those arrested and their place of detention, but are trying and issuing sentences for a number of them. Tuesday, February 18, in answering a question regarding the conditions of those arrested in the November protests, Judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Esma’ili announced, …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared has been deprived of her family visits for three weeks. Maryam Akbari Monfared is detained in the Women’s Ward of Evin Prison. According to prison rules, if a prisoner commits a violation, she must first be heard in the disciplinary committee and then receive a verdict. But Ms. Akbari has been punished without …