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Iranwire – The Court of Appeal in Khorasan Razavi province has upheld a verdict and sentence against Roya Malakoti, a Baha’i citizen, who is currently being held at Mashhad’s Vakil Abad Prison. The first branch of the Mashhad Revolutionary Court, Judge Hadi Mansouri presiding, sentenced Malakoti to six years in prison on the charge of “forming an illegal gathering or …

Iranwire – Iranian security police officers have arrested Jan Mohammad Ahmadi, a retired teacher and union activist in the province of Fars. Ahmadi was apprehended with an arrest warrant at his residence in the city of Mamasani, and then was brought to the City Prosecutor’s Office, where he was explained the charges he faced. The activist was subsequently transferred to …

Iranwire – A Revolutionary Court in the northern Iranian city of Rasht has sentenced political and social activist Tina Deljo to one year in prison for “propaganda against the system.”  According to a reliable source close to her family who remains anonymous for security reasons, the sentence was delivered after a court session last month that lasted no more than …

VOA – In the last three months, Iran and Pakistan have forced around 850,000 undocumented Afghan nationals to return to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, officials reported Sunday. The crackdown on Afghans illegally residing in the neighboring countries is ongoing, despite warnings by the United Nations that a harsh winter and an uncertain future await returnees in their crisis-ridden, impoverished nation. Abdul Rahman …

VOA – Iran has reinforced its air defense capabilities by adding combat drones equipped with air-to-air missiles to its arsenal, state media reported Sunday. “Dozens of Karrar drones armed with air-to-air missiles have been added for air defense in all border areas of the country,” the official IRNA news agency said. The drones, said to have an operational range of …