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Women Activists Held In Jail Amid Tightening Repression

Iran-HRM – Five women activists are held in prison under deplorable conditions for demanding their own and their people’s human rights. Three women activists were arrested during an International Workers Day protest demonstration on May 1, 2019, in Tehran across from the Iranian parliament. Marzieh Amiri, Neda Naji, and Atefeh Rangriz were among 15 activists who were brutalized and arrested …

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Supreme Leader Tells Japan’s PM Iran Won’t Negotiate With U.S. Again

RFL/RE – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that Iran will not repeat what he called a “bitter experience” of negotiating with the United States amid rising tensions between Tehran and Washington. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tehran on June 13. In remarks …

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Two Tankers Damaged in Gulf of Oman

VOA – Two oil tankers were damaged in attacks Thursday in the Gulf of Oman, a strategic sea lane off the coast of Iran. The Norwegian Maritime Authority said three explosions were reported on the Norwegian-owned tanker Front Altair after a suspected attack on the Singapore-owned ship the Kokuka Courageous. The U.S. Navy’s Bahrain-based U.S. Fifth Fleet said it is …

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MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE JOIN GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO DEMAND IRANIAN GOVERNMENT RELEASE NASRIN SOTOUDEH

Amnesty – More than a million people in more than 200 countries and territories across the globe have come together to express their outrage at the sentencing of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh to 38 years and six months in prison and 148 lashes after two grossly unfair trials, Amnesty International announced today, as signatures demanding her release …

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Iran Executions: Man Hanged at Ardabil Prison

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner who allegedly killed two policemen, was executed at the Iranian city of Ardabil’s prison. According to the Iranian judiciary’s news website, Mizan Online, the unnamed prisoner was executed on Wednesday, June 12. One of the judiciary authorities told Mizan, “while police ordered him to stop his vehicle, he was smuggling antiques and cultural …

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