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Latest On Iran Flood Disaster: Extraordinary Emergency In Many Towns

Radiofarda – Heavy rains on Monday completely overwhelmed several towns in the mountainous Lorestan province, where forced evacuations were ordered and people in many cases had to flee to nearby mountains to escape unending torrent of floods. The head of Iran’s Red Crescent Sarem Rezaee says Pol-e-Dokhtar, one of these towns, is still in super-crisis state and rescue workers are …

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New Research Names Many Current Iranian Officials As Rights Violators

Radiofarda – On the fortieth anniversary of a referendum that led to the establishment of the Islamic Republic in Iran, a human rights organization has published the first volume of a series of books, titled “The Face of Crime.” A combo picture of some of the hundreds of victims of Iran’s mass executions on 1988. The first volume of the …

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Iran Rights Activist Reportedly Arrested And Later Released

Radiofarda – Iranian Baha’i citizen and human rights activist, Jinous Sobhani, was briefly arrested, Iran Human rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) reported on March 31. Hours later, informed sources said she was released, but there are no details about her arrest or release. Jinous Sobhani, human rights activist and former secretary of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Shirin Ebadi was arrested …

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Iran orders evacuation of 70 villages in oil province of Khuzestan due to flood risk

Al-Arabia – The risk of floods has forced the Iranian government to order the evacuation of 70 villages in the oil-rich southwestern province of Khuzestan on Tuesday, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.The villages were close to the Dez and Karkheh rivers, Shush county governor Adnan Qazi said, quoted by IRNA.At least 45 people were killed in the past …

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U.S. Considering Additional Iran Sanctions, Official Says

RFL/RE – Washington is considering additional sanctions against Iran, a senior U.S. administration official has said. The United States intends to follow through with new sanctions around the first anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from a landmark international nuclear deal, the official, who was speaking on condition of anonymity, said on April 1. President Donald Trump announced in May that …

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