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PayvandNews – The skill of crafting embroideries with geometric patterns and vivid colors has passed down from generation to generation in Kerman, southwestern Iran. Many women are engaged in this craft which helps supplement their household’s income.

CHRI — The disruption to millions of people’s daily lives in Iran caused by the Iranian Judiciary’s blocking of the popular Telegram messaging app on May 1, 2018, is costing jobs and income and fueling discontent in Iran at a time when unrest and grievances against the state are already at a high point. In a new, 40-page report by …

RFE/RL – The United States and human rights watchdogs have condemned Iran’s execution of a Sufi man who was convicted of killing three police officers during clashes between police and a Sufi sect in February. Mohammad Reza Salas’s “rushed execution is the latest example of the Iranian regime’s disregard for the human rights of its citizens,” U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather …

Radiofarda – The United States has condemned Iran’s execution of a Sufi man who was convicted of killing three police officers during clashes between police and a Sufi sect in February. The Iranian judiciary said Mohammad Reza Salas, 51, was hanged early on June 18. “Salas’s rushed execution is the latest example of the Iranian regime’s disregard for the human …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Prosecutor-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri has threatened June 18 to prosecute a local Sunni Imam in the city of Iranshahr in the southeastern province of Sistan va Baluchestan for disclosing that 41 girls have been raped in that city.