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Al-Monitor – Millions of Shiite Muslims make a pilgrimage every year to the Hussein ibn Ali shrine in Karbala, Iraq, to commemorate the battle in which the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad was killed. Under Saddam Hussein’s rule, Arbaeen — meaning the “40th” day — commemorations were subdued. With the fall of Saddam and closer Iran-Iraq relations, Arbaeen pilgrimages have become important not only for millions of …

Al-Monitor – With crippling sanctions set to resume next month, the Donald Trump administration is debating how far to go in cutting off Iran from the global financial system. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has told foreign governments that Washington is backing off its push to force the Belgium-based financial messaging network SWIFT to kick out sanctioned Iranian banks, the Wall Street …

iran-hrm – Three months into his hunger strike, detained human rights defender Farhad Meysami is in dire conditions. Since Meysami began his hunger strike, he has lost approximately 18kg in weight and is reported to be very frail.

iran-hrm – Revolutionary Court of Sardash, handed down out prison sentences to 15 porters after convicting them of “carrying smuggled goods.”

iranhumanrights – Iranian authorities have refused to allow the family of a teacher’s rights activist any access to him or provide them with any information about his condition or case after he was arrested and admitted to a psychiatric