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Iran-HRM – A labor activist’s Instagram post alleging he was tortured while in the custody of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry triggered a wave of revelations about torture committed against political prisoners and prisoners of conscience and unleashed a debate among Iranians on social media.

Iran-HRM – Niloufar Bayani, a detained environmental activist in Iran, has said in a court sessions headed by judge Salavati that she has repeatedly been attacked and threatened by authorities and was forced to make confession.

RFL/RE – An armed attack on a bus in Iraq carrying Iranian Shi’ite pilgrims has injured at least eight passengers and the driver.

RFL/RE – The leaders of Russia, Iran, and Turkey are scheduled to meet in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on February 14 to discuss the situation in Syria, according to Turkish and Russian state media.

VOA — Saba was just 25 when she left her design job in New York to work on a project renovating an art gallery back in her hometown Tehran.