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Activists Note Serious Failings by Iranian Organization Tasked With Supporting People With Disabilities

CHRI – As Iran’s State Welfare Organization (SWO) marked its 38th birthday, several people with disabilitiesbased in the country told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) that the organization must undergo fundamental reform in order to carry out its mission. 

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Iran Overturns Ban On Religious Minority Councillor

Radiofarda – Iranian authorities ruled Saturday that a member of the minority Zoroastrian religion had been wrongly suspended from his post on a city council.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader: Negotiating With U.S. Would Be ‘Obvious Mistake’

RFL/RE – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on July 21 that it would be an “obvious mistake” for officials in Tehran to negotiate with the United States because Washington is unreliable.

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Pompeo Reaches Out To Iranian-Americans Amid Hard-Line On Iran

RFL/RE – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will reach out to a divided Iranian-American community — some of whom are dismayed by Washington’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal and the reimposition of sanctions as well as a travel ban that prevents many Iranians from entering the United States — in a July 22 speech near Los Angeles.

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Militants Kill 10 Iranian Soldiers Near Iraqi Border

RFL/RE – Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported on July 21 that militants killed 10 soldiers from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) during an overnight attack near the border with Iraq.

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