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CHRI – Iran’s minister of education has called on the police to trace the “source” of what he described as “disturbing videos” of schoolchildren cheerfully dancing to a pop song by US-based Iranian singer Sasy Mankan. The videos are part of an online “dance challenge” that features children in different schools around the country grooving to Mankan’s newly released “Gentlemen” song. The ministry …

CHRI – UN human rights experts* called on Iran to immediately halt the practice of executing child offenders, citing serious concerns for up to 90 individuals who were all under the age of 18 at the time of their alleged offences and are on death row. “The executions of two 17-year-old boys last week underlines our concerns that the Iranian …

Al-Monitor – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has declared that Iran would consider asking Afghan refugees to leave the country if the United States continues to apply economic pressure in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and promises to increase economic sanctions on the country. Subsequent statements by Iranian officials hinted that the Afghans would likely then look …

hyperallergic.com — Niloufar Talebi’s Self-Portrait in Bloom, a hybrid memoir of prose and poetry with some photos thrown in, delves into the author’s childhood in Tehran, the Iranian revolution, and her move to the United States as a teenager. But most compelling of all is her underlying journey to becoming a translator and multi-disciplinary artist through her love of the influential poet Ahmad …

Radiofarda – Iran’s announcement that it is suspending the full implementation of the 2015 nuclear agreement was “intentionally ambiguous,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, May 8. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R) and Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt (L) attend a joint press conference at the Foreign Office in central London on May 8, 2019. …