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Iran-HRM – Ahwazi teen girl suffered gastrointestinal bleeding after being interrogated for 72 days in Sepidar Prison of Ahwaz, southwestern Iran. Fifteen year-old Ma’edeh Shabaninejad is accused of inciting violence through her nationalistic and epical poetry.

Radiofarda – The most influential Sunni cleric in Iran, Molavi Abdul-Hamid Ismaeelzahi, has once again called on the Iranian authorities to respect the constitution and end discrimination against minorities.

Radiofarda – Despite government edicts and police pressure foreign currencies keep rising in Iran, as desperate travelers and others try to find U.S. dollars or euros on the black market.

Iran-HRM –  A report on the status of detained Iranian protesters in Sheyban Prison; Recent reports indicate hundreds of Ahwazi Arab activists who were recently arrested for protesting a discriminatory agenda against the Arabs of Ahwaz, face harsh conditions in Ahwaz Sheyban Prison.

RFL/RE – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on May 9 to discuss regional issues.