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Iran-HRM  – With the public outcry over torture in Iran’s detention centers, Farangis Mazloumi mother of political prisoner Soheil Arabi, recounts her experience of daily torture saying she is being tortured every day and every night.

RFL/RE – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the “opaqueness” surrounding the detention of a U.S.-born Iranian television anchor in the United States, and called on U.S. authorities to guarantee the journalist’s fundamental rights.

RFL/RE – Iran has not been invited to a global conference on the Middle East in Warsaw next month and Russia has declined the invitation, Poland’s foreign minister says.

Radiozamaneh – Iranian labor Activist Esmail Bakhshi has been arrested again by Islamic Republic authorities after having spoken out against being tortured and abused in the course of his previous arrest. On 20 Jan, hours before Bakhshi’s arrest, Iranian security forces raided the house of civil activist, Sepideh Gholian, who was initially arrested along with Bakhshi in November and was …

HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on January 21st, 2019 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).