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Iran-HRM – Iranian political prisoner Saeed Shirzad was not transferred to a hospital on Sunday after he refused to wear a prison garb. Saeed Shirzad’s family had arranged his transfer for Sunday and paid for the hospital. He was due for a scheduled eye operation. However, prison officials did not permit him to be taken to hospital. Saeed Shirzad’s requests …

RFL/RE – Suspected drone attacks on key oil installations in Saudi Arabia have rattled world energy markets, spiked regional tensions, and provoked threats of military action by the United States. The September 14 attacks have disrupted about half of Saudi Arabia’s oil production — or roughly 5 percent of global supplies — the biggest disruption to world crude supplies ever.The …

RFL/RE – Iran has been suspended from international judo competitions because of its it boycott of Israeli athletes. The International Judo Federation (IJF) said on September 18 that Iran was suspended ahead of a full hearing. Its judo federation is accused of discriminating against Israeli athletes and breaking rules over manipulating competition results. The federation said it had “a strong reason to …

VOA – Pentagon Correspondent Carla Babb, National Security and Katherine Ahn of VOA’s Persian Service contributed to this report. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is traveling Wednesday to Jeddah to discuss with Saudi officials how to respond to the attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities that U.S. officials say they believe originated from Iran. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Iranian imprisoned civil activist Zartosht Ahmadi-Ragheb has been on hunger strike since his arrest on August 27, 2019. “His family and relatives are deeply concerned about his health condition. Zartosht has been allowed to call home only two times. At the time of the second call, he could hardly talk,” a source close to the …