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Iran-HRM – Iranian authorities have prevented political prisoner Majid Assadi from receiving medical care. Majid Assadi suffers from Ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a rheumatism disease that affects the spine. He also has ulcers and inflammation in his vision network. His digestive problems have intensified as a result of prison authorities depriving him of medical care. In September 2018, doctors diagnosed him …

Iran-HRM – A Baluchi Sunni Muslim imprisoned since 2009 for alleged crimes committed by his brother, Mohammad Saber Malek Raeisi has been under torture for the past three months in Ardabil Prison, northwest Iran, reports indicate. He has been transferred to Ardabil Prison’s quarantine section where psychologically ill prisoners are usually held.An ethnic Baluchi from the port city of Chabahar …

RFL/RE – Iran has been breaking “promises” after the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya 1 allegedly delivered oil to Syria despite assurances to the contrary, the U.S. State Department said on September 12.Previously named Grace 1, the vessel was held for six months by the British overseas territory of Gibraltar until authorities received written assurances from Iran that it wouldn’t sail …

RFL/RE – Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has said she is trying to secure the release of three of her country’s citizens held by Tehran, one of whom has been imprisoned for nearly a year, Reuters reported.Payne said late on September 13 that she had met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Bangladesh last week to discuss the …

RFL/RE – Israel must be given free rein to act against Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on September 12 as talks concluded in Sochi where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss security coordination in Syria.His visit comes as an expected tight general election vote for Israel’s legislature, the Knesset, nears and as both sides work …