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Iran Human Rights – On August 20, Iranian state-run media, IRIB, broadcast the confessions of two young men named Mohammad Ostadqader and Houshmand Alipour, 24 and 25 years old, both confessing to conducting an armed operation in Iran. 

Al-Monitor – After making an unannounced trip to Turkey, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Aug. 29, “Just finished fruitful consultations with Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu and President [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan on bilateral relations and regional cooperation in the face of malign US behavior. Off to Pakistan tomorrow to meet with new leadership. Our neighbors our priority.” The tweet was …

Al-Monitor – The Iranian government is trying to address the issue of uneven economic development, which is most obvious in border regions, by creating more economic free zones. In pursuit of this aim, a bill proposing the establishment of eight new economic-industrial free zones and 12 special economic zones (SEZ) was submitted to parliament in 2016. The text was just approved by lawmakers Aug. 29 after the number of SEZ was increased to 69 earlier this …

PayvandNews – A prominent U.S. human rights activist and the international attorney of Iranian-U.S. dual citizens Baquer and Siamak Namazi has linked his clients’ case to the Iran-U.S. Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights.

IranHRM – The status of two young women arrested during the recent protests in Tehran has remained in limbo in the Qarchak Prison of Varamin.