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Iranwire – Prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and other Iranian activists marked International Human Rights Day with renewed calls for more freedoms, equality and justice in the country, despite the Islamic Republic’s ongoing brutal crackdown on any form of dissent. Sotoudeh participated online in a December 10 gathering organized by a coalition of human rights activists in the German …

Iranwire – In a major setback for the administration of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the parliament has rejected the budget bill for the next Persian year. The bill was voted down by 127 lawmakers on December 13, with 91 in favor and 10 abstentions. The government now has one week to amend the bill and resubmit it to the legislature.  …

Iranwire – Jailed Iranian activist Mahmoud Mehrabi has developed kidney failure during his 10-months incarceration and is experiencing severe swelling throughout his body, IranWire has learned. Despite Mehrabi’s deteriorating health, his repeated requests for medical leave have been left unanswered, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.  He is being denied adequate medical attention in prison as well …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have postponed the execution of a victim of child marriage who had been sentenced to death for killing her husband, according to local human rights activists. Samira Sabzian was set to be hanged on December 13 in Qarchak prison, Tehran province, but the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) group said that the execution was postponed for a …

Iranwire -Publicly available figures show that the number of doctors who left Iran last year was nearly one-third higher than the number of doctors entering the medical workforce, according to Iran Open Data (IOD). Based on statistics from the country’s Medical Council Organization, an average of 4,982 new doctors entered the job market annually between 2012 and 2022, the collaborative …