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Shabtanews -Dozens of political and social activists have  expressed concern over the situation of the Gonabadi Sufis in prison and the violation of their basic rights

Radiofarda – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says seven European central banks have agreed to create a special payment system between EU and his country to guarantee business and trade between the two sides sides in the face of U.S. sanctions.

RFL/RE – A city council member in the central Iranian city of Shiraz has been arrested for “supporting” two detained Baha’is, the official government news agency IRNA reported.

RFL/RE – The United States has announced it will close its consulate in Basra, citing what it said were threats from the Iranian government and Iran-backed militias in Iraq that have launched rocket attacks on the facility.

RFL/RE – In a conversation caught on camera, a woman in Ahvaz, the capital of Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan Province, didn’t hold back as Labor Minister Ali Rabiei stood listening.