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Al-Arabia – Hezbollah on Tuesday denied Farda News’ report quoting the party’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah as saying that the guardianship of the Islamic jurist (Vilayat-e Faqih) is above the Lebanese constitution and it’s mandatory to implement its orders.

VOA – It is unclear how Mike Pompeo becoming U.S. secretary of state may affect the Iran nuclear deal.

IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS – The 10th annual report on the death penalty in Iran by Iran Human Rights (IHR) and ECPM shows that in 2017 at least 517 people were executed in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This number is comparable with the execution figures in 2016 and confirms the relative reduction in the use of the death penalty compared …

CHRI – The family of a man who died in police custody in Iran intends to sue judicial authorities for burying him without their permission the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. Their attorney, Arash Keykhosravi, told CHRI that Mohammad Raji’s body was transferred by ambulance from Tehran 242 miles south to Aligoudarz, in Lorestan Province, where …

CHRI – JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT The Iranian authorities should end their cruel campaign of harassment and intimidation against the families of detainees who have died in detention under suspicious circumstances, Amnesty International, the Centre for Human Rights in Iran, Human Rights Watch and Justice for Iran said today.