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Iranwire – Branch 29 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Seyyed Ali Mazloum, has sentenced six members of the Baha’i religious minority to a total of 32 years and 10 months in prison. The defendants, Arsalan Yazdani, Saeedaeh Khozouei, Iraj Shakur, Pedram Abhar, Samira Ebrahimi, and Saba Sefidi, were all charged with membership in groups antagonistic to …

Iranwire – The 37th branch of the Court of Appeal in Fars province has issued a verdict sentencing eight teachers’ union activists to a collective prison term of 37 years, accompanied by additional punitive measures. This ruling, disclosed to the board members of the Fars Teachers’ Association, not only encompasses prison sentences but also includes restrictions on their use of …

Iranwire – The home and school of Kokab Badaghi Pegah, a teacher and union activist in Izeh city, were simultaneously raided by plainclothes officers on an unusual inspection on October 25.  During the raid, some of her personal and electronic possessions were confiscated. The Coordinating Council of Iranian Educators reported the incident, stating that a group of plainclothes agents visited …

Iranwire – The Delpasand family in Türkiye is on a quest for an ordinary life – a fundamental human right unjustly denied to them in their homeland. The family’s odyssey began on a fateful night, November 15, 2022, when their car passed into the crosshairs of security forces on a Rasht city street. The streets of the central Golsar neighborhood …

Iranwire – In recent years, a rising trend has emerged in Iran’s healthcare landscape – a brain drain of nurses.  Reports from Iranian media paint a stark picture, revealing that approximately five to six nurses are leaving the country every day, amounting to around 150 nurses a month and a staggering 1,200 to 1,500 nurses each year. Mohammad Mirzabeigi, the …