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I Funded My Own Twitter Troll With Taxpayer Dollars

HRW – On May 31, the State Department announced that it was suspending funding for a project called Iran Disinfo, which over the last few months has engaged in an online campaign against analysts, journalists, and human-rights defenders that crossed the line into personal abuse. All of the campaign’s targets had diverged, in some form or another, from the administration’s …

Iran Executions: Man Executed at Ahvaz Prison

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner was hanged for murder charges at Ahvaz (Ahwaz) Central Prison last Saturday. According to IHR sources, on Saturday, June 15, prisoner Mohammad Shekaf was hanged at the Iranian southern city of Ahvaz’s central prison. He was arrested on January 29, 2015, and charged with murder. His execution is not announced by Iranian authorities …

CHRI – A group of prominent political and civil rights activists in Iran has issued a statement condemning the imprisonment of a councilman after he publicly denounced the arrests of two citizens for their religious beliefs, as well as the state’s persecution of peaceful activists. Mehdi Hajati, a member of the City Council in Shiraz, Fars Province, was taken to …

Iran says not seeking war after announcing boost in uranium stockpile

Al-Monitor – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told France’s new Iranian Ambassador Philippe Thiebaud June 17 in Tehran that time was quickly running out for the remaining signatories to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to “play their historic role in salvaging the deal.” Rouhani warned that the pact’s collapse would not serve the interests of any side involved the agreement. A few …

Top Iranian universities on the list of Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019

PayvandNews – Iranian universities are included in different subjects of 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, according to its website. In physical science, 24 Iranian universities are amongst 963 universities worldwide. Twenty one universities in Iran are amongst 903 universities assessed in engineering and technology subject. Eleven Iranian universities are on ranking table for life sciences amongst 751 universities …

iranintl – As much of the global media scrambled to decode where Iranians stand on the escalat…

.iranintl – Two weeks into the latest round of violent crackdowns on Iranian women refusing to…

iranintl – An increasing number of Iranian politicians, media outlets, and senior clerics are …

Iranwire – The death sentence handed down to protest rapper Toomaj Salehi has sparked a wave o…

Iranwire – A new report by the Iranian Parliament’s Research Center has named Sistan and…

Iranwire – The Dadban legal group has issued a grave warning regarding the imminent execution …

Iranwire – Forty nurses and operating room staff of a Tehran hospital have collectively resign…

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic of Iran executed four prisoners as death penalties continue to…

Iranwire – Security forces in Iran have arrested three siblings of a young protester killed du…

VOA – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said his country has proven the West doesn’t have …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The United States, France, Germany, Russia and Argentina, who had dua…

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Rapper Toomaj Salehi who was arrested during the “Woman, Life, Fr…

alarabiya – Iran has reduced its military footprint in Syria after a succession of strikes bla…

iranintl – Ali-Reza Asgari, the once distinguished Iranian Major General in the regime’s power…

iranintl – Authorities in Iran have launched a fierce battle with Iranian women over the enfor…

iranintl – The US Senate on Tuesday night unanimously passed a foreign aid package which inclu…

Iranwire – Farshad Dastmardi, a protester in Dehdasht, was subjected to horrific torture tacti…

Iranwire – Samereh Mokhtarpour, a 38-year-old woman from northwestern Salmas, was killed by he…

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic of Iran has executed three more prisoners amid a significant r…

Iranwire – Mashallah Karami, the father of a young man executed last year, was finally given a…

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