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HRANA – On October 20, 2019, the mayor of Kut-e Abdollah, Navab Hajian Saeidi, confirmed the arrest of 13 city workers. He claimed that the arrestees were encouraging other city workers to cease work to put the municipality under pressure so the contractor filed a lawsuit against them. The mayor added that the workers’ unpaid wages of August was paid …

HRANA – On October 21, 2019, three Baha’i citizens were arrested in Shiraz while their houses and several other Baha’i houses were searched and their personal belongings such as laptops, cell phones, and computers were confiscated. Farzan Masoumi, Kiana Shoaei, and Soroush Abadi were arrested by the Intelligence Department officers and were transferred to an undisclosed location. The identities of …

Iran-HRM – Jailed labor activist Atefeh Rangriz, has been on hunger strike since October 16 in Qarchak Prison, south of Tehran, to protest her unjust treatment in prison. In an open letter published on October 16, Rangriz said she would use her body to protest her continued incarceration despite having posted bail. I was arrested on May 1, 2019, during the International Labor Day …

VOA – Iran will not be allowed to participate in any international judo competitions until it allows its athletes to face Israelis. The International Judo Federation (IJF) on Tuesday issued an indefinite ban “until the Iran Judo Federation gives strong guarantees and prove that they will respect the IJF Statutes and accept that their athletes fight against Israeli athletes.” IJF …

gatestoneinstitute.org – US Senator Bernie Sanders failed to mention that the “catastrophic war” to which he was referring was initiated solely by the Iranian regime, which encouraged and enabled Houthi terrorists to overthrow the internationally recognized government of Yemen. A key danger to the US also lies in its relinquishing the maritime chokepoint, Bab el-Mandeb, through which — along with …