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CHRI – Parisa Rafiei, a student at the University of Tehran, was pressured to take a “virginity test” while in state custody and then blocked from lodging a complaint against the inhumane practice, she revealed in an open letter published on May 9, 2019. “In a totally unlawful action during my detention, my interrogator with the approval of the case investigator sent …

Radiofarda – A top aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says EU has two months to prevent the demise of the nuclear deal with Iran by operationalizing the European financial channel INSTEX set up to help Iran. Chairman of Iran’s Strategic Council of Foreign Relations (SCFR) Kamal Kharrazi delivered the message while currently visiting France. According to a post on …

Radiofarda – Migratory flamingos have returned to wetlands near Isfahan, central Iran, following substantial rainfalls in the area, reported official news agency IRNA on Saturday May 11. Flamingos in Isfahan, Iran, IRNA photo, May 11, 2019 IRNA quoted an Iranian environmental agency officer as saying that the flamingos’ comeback to Gavkhouni wetlands was simultaneous with the forgotten visit to the …

Iran’s Lake Urmia has been greatly replenished and revived as a result of sustained and at times heavy rains in the past two months, with its water surpassing 5 billion cubic meters or 1.32 trillion U.S. gallons. An official in West Azerbaijan province told Tasnim news agency, the surface area of the lake has expanded to 3,180 square kilometers, or …

Iran-HRM – A young woman identified only as Soudabeh was executed on October 26, 2018, the Iranian state-run ROKNA news agency reported Thursday. It is not clear in which city and prison the execution took place.She had been imprisoned for 12 years on death row on the charge of deliberate murder. The is the 88th woman who is hanged during Hassan …