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Calls For ‘Secure’ Universities In Iran, Not ‘Securitized’

RFL/RE – A recent crackdown on students in Iran has come under criticism by university professors and others who hold President Hassan Rohani responsible for the pressure and are calling on him to take action.

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Iran Files Lawsuit in International Court Over US Sanctions

VOA— Iran has filed a lawsuit against the United States alleging that Washington’s decision in May to impose sanctions after pulling out of a nuclear deal violates a 1955 treaty between the two countries, the International Court of Justice said Tuesday.

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Rouhani Facing Widespread Outrage as Student Protesters Remain Behind Bars and Receive Harsh Sentences

CHRI – 120 Academics in Iran Call on Rouhani to Immediately Suspend Judicial Cases against More than 150 Students In a stark display of societal outrage in Iran over President Hassan Rouhani’s complicity in rights violations, 120 academics from universities across Iran, some of whom are also current or former lawmakers and cabinet members, have called on the president to …

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Iran Arrests 46 Fashion Workers Including Eight Models in Hormozgan Province

CHRI – Forty-six members of what security officials have described as an online “modeling ring,” including 8 female models, were arrested at an unspecified date in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan according to an announcement by local police chief Gen. Azizollah Maleki on July 16, 2018.

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Drought, inefficiency lead to major power shortage in Iran

Al-Monitor – Iran has been gripped with drought for over a decade, and the country’s precipitation has dropped to its lowest level in the past half-century. According to the latest recorded figures by Iran’s Ministry of Energy, there have been 166 millimeters (6.5 inches) of rainfall across Iran in the current water year (from the beginning of October 2017), which …

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