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Just Released From Prison, Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi Faces More Time Behind Bars

CHRI – Newly released from prison, civil rights activist Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi may have to serve more time behind bars depending on the outcome of another case against her, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned.  Iraee, who had been serving a six-year prison sentence since October 2016 primarily for writing an unpublished story about stoning in Iran, …

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Half dozen countries help Iran flood survivors as UN sets up channel for cash donation

IRNA- Three intense weeks have past since Iran has been hard hit by flash floods that have taken the lives of dozens of people and left a huge trail of destruction behind. International aid supplies have been sent from several countries but no cash donation has been received due to the US sanctions. Residents departing Atish village in Khuzestan province …

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Flood destroys 77 schools in Iran

PayvandNews – At least a total number of 77 schools were destroyed due to devastating floods in various provinces across Iran, a non-governmental organization said on Monday. Out of the 77 destroyed schools, 55 were in Lorestan Province in central west of Iran and 22 were in Golestan north of the country, according to Mehr Giti that has conducted an …

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IRGC, ‘Defender Of Islamic Revolution’ Sanctioned After Four Decades

Radiofarda – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) is one of the oldest institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran, yet, it is less than 40 years old, and there is still no consensus on how it was formed and who were its real founders. The IRGC, which is tasked with “defending the Islamic revolution” as opposed to the conventional …

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Iran’s Oil-Rich Khuzestan At The Mercy Of Floods

The governor of the oil-rich province of Khuzestan, southwest Iran, says a major dam on the Karkhe river is completely full, and local residents in several cities and villages have been ordered to evacuate their homes. Furthermore, according to Gholamreza Shariati, the volume of water in Iran’s biggest and only navigable river, Karoon, is increasing at an alarming rate of …

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