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Radiofarda – Women’s rights defenders in Iran will continue their fight against the forced wearing of the hijab this year despite a “sinister crackdown” by authorities in 2018 in which dozens were arrested, activists said on Thursday.

Al-Arabia – Iran’s state TV says the army has launched an annual infantry drill involving some 12,000 troops.

Iran-HRM – Imprisoned human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi has been slapped with additional time after being tried last week, according to his lawyer Payam Derafshan.

Iran-HRM – The Khuzestan governorate’s Director General of Social Affairs said “According to estimates, 850,000 Khuzestan residents are deprived and live in slums,” the state-run IRNA news agency reported.

RFL/RE – A U.S. Navy veteran being held in Iran has been detained in connection to a “private complaint,” an Iranian prosecutor says.