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Radiofarda – A member of the board of directors of the Teacher’s Trade Association of Tehran was battered and violently detained on Saturday, March 3, his wife has disclosed in an interview with Radio Farda.

Iran-HRM – The state-run ILNA news agency on March 7, quoted the Police Spokesperson Saied Montazer al-Mahdi as saying that 27,000 police patrols would be active during the Nowruz holidays.

RFL/RE – A video of three Iranian women singing a famous feminist song on Tehran’s subway on March 8 to mark International Women’s Day is going viral on social media and highlighted ongoing challenges to veiling and other discriminatory laws.

Al-Arabia – In light of the recent protests that swept Iran at the beginning of the year, calling for the removal of the country’s theocratic regime lead by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Iranian women have hopped on the bandwagon and are demanding their basic rights.

Al-Arabia – According to those in the know in Paris, France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is a smart soft-soaper capable of persuading a mule out of its hind legs.