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Iran-HRM – Zafar Ali Moghimi a member of Iran’s Gonabadi Sufi minority has been on hunger strike since 100 days ago to protest against violation of detained dervishes’ rights and demanding their unconditional release. He has lost 35 kilograms and suffers from low blood pressure, joint and eye pain and physical weakness. The prisoners is at risk of losing consciousness, …

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.

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.

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 …

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.