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Radiofarda – France told Iran on Thursday that European efforts to keep a nuclear deal alive did not mean Tehran had a blank check to violate the human rights of its citizens, after lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh received a long prison sentence. An internationally renowned human rights lawyer jailed in Iran, Sotoudeh was handed a new sentence on Monday that her …

CHRI – Another Labour Activist Appeals Flogging Sentence Labor activist As’ad Behnam Ebrahimzadeh has been sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to copy three books by hand for engaging in peaceful activities including attending protests by sugar mill workers in southwestern Iran. Labor activist As’ad Behnam Ebrahimzadeh has been sentenced to six years in prison without due process. Ebrahimzadeh told …

Iran-HRM Several protesters were reportedly killed and dozens were wounded after the state police in two Iranian cities opened fire on protesters on Wednesday, March 21. Fatalities reported on March 20 as infuriated Iranians clash with security forces in two cities of Dezful and Andimeshk of Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran The protests in two cities of Dezful and Andimeshk, 10 …

Iran-HRM – Iranian authorities say they have arrested dozens of people on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Persian year (which ends on 21 March).Speaking to state-run IRNA news agency late on Tuesday, Tehran’s Chief of police said that 23 people who took part in the events of Chaharshanbe Suri (an ancient festival) were identified and arrested. The regime implemented …

Radiofarda – What is the Trump administration trying to achieve in Iran? More than two-and-a-half years after candidate Trump made Iran a centerpiece of his foreign-policy platform on the presidential campaign trail, and over a year after Iran emerged as one of his administration’s core international priorities, there is still a great deal of confusion about what, exactly, the White …