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CHRI – Following additional restrictions imposed on political prisoners in Tehran’s Evin Prison by its newly appointed Director Gholamreza Ziaei, Maryam Akbari-Monfared’s visits with her family members have been canceled, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. Akbari-Monfared’s husband Hassan Jafari told CHRI on October 20, 2019, that the denial of her visitation rights was particularly painful since they had fought …

PayvandNews – Iran’s eight-member Sanda team claimed eight gold medals and won the title of the 15th World Wushu Championships (WWC) in Shanghai, China. In the men’s 65kg, Erfan Ahangarian defeated Russian Magomed Abdulkhalikov in the final bout. Bronze medals went to Clemente Tabugara from the Philippines and Uzbekistan’s Akmal Rakhimov.Yousef Sabri defeated Moroccan Saad Boujekka in the men’s 75kg …

PayvandNews – Veteran Iranian director Kianush Ayyari finally received the approval of cultural authorities to screen his movie “The Paternal House”, which was banned in the country for about ten years due to some allegedly violent scenes. The film is about a young woman who is killed by her own father, with the aid of her younger brother nearly a …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Statistical Center says the inflation rate in the 12-month period ending on October 22 was 42 percent compared to the previous 12 months, with inflation higher in rural areas. However, price increases differ substantially among various goods and services. While food prices have risen by 61 percent and tobacco by 80 percent, non-food items and services have …

Radiofarda – A significant number of individuals related to the “network” founded by a Paris-based dissident have already been identified in Iran, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) spokesman, Ramezan Sharif has claimed. Rouhollah Zam, 46, is the founder of AMAD (Persian acronym for Awareness, Struggle, And Democracy) news, later renamed as Seda-ye Mardom (Voice of the People) that disseminated …