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Al-Arabia – Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 13 protesters in the past 24 hours, dispensing with weeks of relative restraint in favor of trying to stamp out demonstrations against political parties that control the government.After eight people were killed during the day on Monday, security forces shot dead at least five others overnight or early on Tuesday, including …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Hassan Sadeghi has been banned from visiting his wife who is also a political prisoner. The visit was cancelled because Hassan Sadeqhi, detained in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj did not accept to be taken for the visit in a prison uniform with cuffs on his hands and feet. Amin Vaziri, the presiding judicial official in …

RFL/RE – Top U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials have joined together to warn Americans about attempts by Russia, Iran, and other foreign “adversaries” to interfere with next year’s presidential election.“Our adversaries want to undermine our democratic institutions, influence public sentiment, and affect government policies,” the leaders of President Donald Trump’s administration on security matters said in a joint statement released on …

RFL/RE – For years, Iran’s state broadcaster has aired so-called confessions by political prisoners that, according to right groups and former detainees, are extracted under duress. Maziar Ebrahimi told the BBC that he had agreed to “confess” to crimes dictated to him by Intelligence Ministry interrogators after being tortured for 40 days. But now a group of lawmakers wants to …

RFL/RE – A 5.4-magnitude earthquake has struck the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan, state TV reports.The were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center put the quake’s magnitude at 5.5, saying it struck at 11:10 a.m. on November 6. The earthquake was centered some 80 kilometers north of the port city of Bandar-e Lengeh and 120 kilometers west …