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CHRI – Seventeen members of the Baha’i faith were arrested by agents of the Intelligence Ministry throughout Iran between August 23 and September 23, 2018, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. 

Al-Monitor –  Farhad Meysami, a physician and human rights activist, began a dry hunger strike Sept. 8 to protest his imprisonment on the charge of spreading “propaganda against the establishment.” Meysami was arrested in July for possession and distribution of a badgestating his opposition to the compulsory hijab and for expressing solidarity with the protests against mandatory veiling earlier this year, which resulted in the arrests of …

BBC – “I have water air conditioning too, but I prefer sitting under my natural air conditioning. Reminds me of old times,” Mr Saberi said, gesturing to the badgir (wind catcher) that we were sitting under. “More chai?”

Shabtabnews – Spokesperson Nauert, Senior Policy Brian Advisor Hook, and Ambassador Michael Kozak brief the press on human rights in Iran at the Foreign Press Center in NewYork City on September 28, 2018. In the briefing Ms Nauert condemned the Iranian regime’s oppression of religious minorities like Gonabadi Sufis, Bahia’s, & Christian converts.

Radiofarda – The Iran-backed Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad says it has named a new leader.