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What are the consequences of the Iranian government’s massive, systematic campaign to spread disinformation about religious minorities through social and traditional media? Watch an in-depth conversation with leading scholars. On July 16-18, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will host the second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, providing a much-needed forum to address the plight of frequently overlooked minorities in Iran, …

HRANA – In the morning of July 15, 2019 four prisoners of Urmia prison were executed on the charge of murder. They were transferred to solidarity confinement cells a day before. These prisoners, Himan Bonavand, Jafar (Iman) Mohammadi, Mohammad Aref (Jahangir) Najafian, and Mahmoud Khaledi were sentenced to death on the charge of murder earlier. Bonavand was in prison since …

Radiofarda – The Iranian Human Rights News Agency (HRANA) reported that Iranian security police arrested and jailed Moloud Hajizadeh, an Iranian journalist and women’s rights activist in Tehran on July 15. According to HRANA, Hajizadeh was summoned to the IRGC Intelligence Organization several times in recent weeks. Several Iranian journalists also tweeted the news of Hajizadeh’s arrest. According to one, Hajizadeh was …

Radiofarda – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Washington’s sanctions have had a strong impact on Iran, and Iran’s behavior has united unlikely allies in the Middle East against Iranian hegemony. In a radio interview with Sean Hannity on June 15, Pompeo agreed with his host about the impact of U.S. sanctions on the Iranian economy and added that …

Radiofarda – For a second time in as many days Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made harsh remarks regarding Iran on Monday; this time involving the European response to Iran’s decision breaching some limits of the 2015 nuclear agreement. Netanyahu released a video condemning the European response and likening it to the failed diplomacy with Nazi Germany in the …