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Iranwire – An open letter signed by 200 Iranian journalists and writers decried the continued incarceration of Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, who have been jailed for more than an year for their coverage of Mahsa Amini’s death while in police custody. The letter, which was published by Shargh newspaper on October 17, calls for the immediate release of the …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have arrested civil rights activist and former political prisoner Arsham Rezaei, and transferred him to an undisclosed location. A source told IranWire that two vehicles filled with security agents were dispatched to detain Rezaei in Karaj, near Tehran, on October 17. Subsequently, all CCTV footage from the vicinity was destroyed by the security agents. There is …

iranwire – Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer who had been arrested for a song criticizing compulsory hijab rules, was released on bail after spending a month and a half in custody, one of his legal representatives says. Lawyer Zahra Minuei said on the social media platform X that Yarrahi was released from Tehran’s Evin prison on October 18. She shared …

Iranwire – A senior Iranian military commander said on Tuesday that Tehran-backed militant groups will not stop targeting Israel until the country ceases to exist. Ali Fadavi, the second-in-command of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), likened Israel to a “cancerous tumor,” saying: “The resistance forces’ shocks against (Israel) will continue until this cancerous tumor disappears from the world map.” …

Iranwire – Iran has banned the teaching of all foreign languages, including English and Arabic, in kindergartens and primary schools, with immediate effect, state media reported Tuesday. “The teaching of foreign languages is prohibited in kindergartens, nursery schools and primary schools, because at this age, the Iranian identity of the child is being formed,” said Massoud Tehrani-Farjad, an education ministry …