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Iran-HRM – University of Tehran anthropology student Leila Hosseinzadeh was arrested by intelligence forces on Sunday, July 28, and transferred to Evin Prison to serve her sentence. Tehran Province’s Appeals Court upheld a 2.5-year sentence and a two-year ban on traveling abroad against Leila Hosseinzadeh on June 24, 2019. Leila Hosseinzadeh was the secretary of Tehran University students’ central council …

Iran-HRM – Peyman Mirzazadeh, a Kurdish singer held at Urmia Prison in northwestern Iran, went on hunger strike on July 29, 2019 in protest to being sentenced to two years of prison and 100 lashes. His flogging sentence was carried out on Sunday. Peyman Mirzazadeh started his hunger strike after he was flogged with 100 lashes in the 4th Branch …

RFL/RE – French President Emmanuel Macron has called for tensions between Iran and the United States to be scaled down on July 30 after speaking with Iranian President Hassan Rohani.Meeting at the French presidential summer retreat, Macron said he wanted “to ensure that all parties agree to a break and open negotiations.”He “recalled the need to initiate a de-escalation of …

Radiozamaneh – Neda Naji, Atefeh Rangriz and Sepideh Gholian, Iranian labor activists imprisoned in Gharchak Women’s Prison were attacked and are in a dangerous situation according to social media statements by their family members. Neda Naji, Sepideh Gholian and Atefeh Rangriz, the Imprisoned Iranian Labor Activists in Gharchak Women’s Prison. Naji, Rangriz and Gholian have been attacked by an inmate …

Amnesty – Labour rights activist Sepideh Gholian has been on hunger strike since 23 July 2019 in protest at the ill-treatment of her family and dire conditions in Shahr-e Rey prison near Tehran. Her health has deteriorated sharply, leaving her too weak to walk. The trial of Sepideh Gholian and another labour rights activist, Esmail Bakhshi, has been scheduled for …