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Radiofarda – Chief Commander of the Islamic Republic’s regular army has once again threatened Israel with total annihilation. Referring to a comment by the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said, “We will finish off Israel’s life within less than 25 years.” Khamenei had asserted earlier, “I would say that they [Israel] will not see …

Radiofarda – The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution extending the mandate on Iran, the Islamic Republic’s official news agency IRNA reported. According to IRNA, “Adopted along with five other resolutions in a meeting in Geneva on Friday, the resolution on Iran extended by a period of one year the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation …

Radiofarda – High-ranking Shi’ite cleric Nasser Makarem Shirazi has criticized Iranian officials for using the expression “compulsory hijab,” fearing its “negative connotation” would undermine the Islamic nature of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Speaking in Qom during a meeting with Police Chief Hossein Ashtari on March 24, Makarem Shirazi, better known as Makarem, tried to reduce a social and political …

Iran-HRM – Four representatives of the “Iran Poplin” weaving company in Rasht, north of Iran have been dismissed for protesting not receiving wages for the past 3 months. Workers of Iran Poplin Company protested recently protested against the nonpayment of their salaries in January, February and March 2018. Iran Poplin Co. engages in manufacturing and exporting dyed and printed fabrics …

Iran-HRM – Mehdi Ghamari Binisly, an Azeri activist who lives in Tehran, was arrested by security forces last week in relation to a case involving the publishing of an Azeri calendar. He has been taken to an unknown location. The calendar in question was in Turkish and various events, including the Mother Tongue Day and images of a number of …