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23 Prisoners In Iran At Risk Of Having Their Hands Amputated

Iran-HRM – Twenty-three prisoners convicted of theft are languishing in the Great Tehran Penitentiary, Fashafoyeh, awaiting hand amputation. Reports indicate that the hand of one of the prisoners is to be amputated in the coming days. The prisoner has been identified as Alireza Khan Baluchi and his verdict has been sent to the Sentence Implementation Department. Baluchi was convicted of …

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Online Tyranny: Revolutionary Guards Hunting Iran Internet Users

Iran-HRM – Online Tyranny: Revolutionary Guards hunting Iran Internet users Iranians are considered one of the most vibrant populations using the internet. More than half of the 80 million Iranians, especially the youth, use the internet to share news and information, debating in private, and conducting business. Iranian regime however, has used the internet to suppress its own people. This …

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U.S. Warns Airliners Flying In Persian Gulf Amid Escalating Tensions With Iran

RFL/RE – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned U.S. commercial airliners flying over the waters of the Persian Gulf that they risk being misidentified amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran. An advisory, issued by the FAA on May 16, said the warning came amid “heightened military activities and increased political tensions in the region which present an …

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Rights Groups: 3 Iranian Writers Free, Plan to Appeal Sentences

VOA – An international writers association says three Iranian authors apparently sentenced to long prison terms this week in Iran remain free, pending possible appeals in their trial for alleged security offenses. In a statement to VOA Persian on Friday, London-based PEN International said it understands that writers Baktash Abtin, Keyvan Bajan and Reza Khandan-Mahabadi have not yet been arrested. …

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Iran’s Regional Proxies Ensure It Will Never Fight Alone

VOA — In the event of war with the United States, Iran “will not be alone.” That message was delivered by the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group to a mass rally in Beirut in February marking the 40th anniversary of Iran’s Islamic Revolution. “If America launches war on Iran, it will not be alone in the confrontation, because the …

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