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Iran, Qatar hold sixth joint economic committee meeting in Doha

Al-Arabia – An Iranian delegation of 70 experts and businessmen from the private and public sectors by the country’s deputy minister of industry, mines and trade landed in Doha for a two-day meeting.

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Iran Sentences 8 to Die for Islamic State Attack

VOA — An Iranian court on Sunday sentenced eight men to death over attacks that killed 18 people at the parliament and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s mausoleum last year, in the first deadly operation by Islamic State in the country.

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Despite Facing Prison, Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi Still Seeking Justice For Deceased Detainee

CHRI – “The authorities…told me that they are trying to grind me to oblivion.” Mohammad Najafi, a human rights lawyer facing years behind bars in Iran for publicly arguing that local police tried to conceal the cause of a detainee’s death, says he is determined to continue seeking justice for the victim.

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Rouhani Commission on Detainee Deaths in Iran Fails to Produce Results Three Months After Formation

CHRI – The fact-finding commission set up by President Hassan Rouhani to investigate the recent spate of detainee deaths in Iran has produced no results since it was formed nearly three months ago, the lawyer of one victim’s family told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on May 7, 2018.

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Iran’s Telegram Ban Reveals New Authority By Judiciary to Directly Order Online Content to Blocked

CHRI-Iran’s ban on the widely used Telegram messaging app has revealed a new state tactic for blocking access to or “filtering” online and digital content in the country: by order of the judiciary.

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