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HRW – Free Hospitalized Peaceful Activist Golrakh Iraee © 2014 Private (Beirut) – Iranian authorities should immediately release Golrokh Iraee, a human rights defender hospitalized in Tehran, Human Rights Watch said today. Iraee was sentenced to six years in prison in April 2015 on charges solely related to her peaceful activism, after an unfair trial. Iraee was transferred to a …

CHRI – Iranian journalists and editors working for various news publications in Iran have strongly criticized the government’s decision to grant what has been described as uncensored internet access exclusively to 100 “approved” members of their profession. “This is blatant discrimination against journalists themselves and against people and journalists,” the cultural affairs editor of a monthly magazine in Tehran told …

Iran Human Rights – Sina Dehghan (Dehqan), who has been sentenced to death for “insulting prophet Muhammad,” has requested a retrial and his lawyer hopes the request will be approved. According to a close source, Sina Dehghan, who has been sentenced to death for “insulting the prophet” and his verdict has been approved by the Supreme Court, has requested a …

Al-Monitor – Following intense tripartite negotiations, the Iranian government, employers and unions agreed to increase the country’s minimum wage by 19.8%, from 9.29 million rials ($245) per month to 11.14 million rials ($294.50). The deal will see the highest year-on-year growth in real terms since 2002. Workers and labor unions have scored this victory as the Iranian economy still reels …

Radiofarda – Four Iranians were killed in an airstrike on a Syrian airbase near Homs on Sunday, a news agency affiliated with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Fars reported on Monday, April 9.