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Iran-HRM – At least 32 Azerbaijani activists arrested in the lead-up to an annual July protest at Babak Fort in East Azerbaijan province against discrimination targeting the Azeri minority.

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Soheil Arabi serving a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence since 2013 for criticizing the Islamic Republic on Facebook, has been slapped with additional six years after being convicted of fresh fabricate charges. He was sentenced to five years behind bars for “insulting the sanctuaries” and another year for “propaganda against the state.”

Amnesty – Iranian authorities must carry out an impartial and thorough investigation into reports that security forces used unnecessary and excessive force, possibly including firearms, against generally peaceful protesters during the recent protests in Khuzestan province where people have been demanding clean and safe drinking water. They must ensure that anyone detained solely for peacefully exercising their right to peaceful …

Al-Arabia – The US Department of State published on its website a list of Iranian-sponsored terror acts in Europe during the last four decades,  between 1979 and 2018, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged European countries to confront the threat.

Al-Arabia – A Sunni preacher was shot dead in Khash, south of Iran, the Iranian Fars news agency reported.