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Iran Human Rights Monitor Monthly Report – August 2019 Introduction August was marked by brutal clampdown on Iranian society. Heavy sentences issued for civil and human rights activists are stark indications of mounting repression in Iran. Beset by a whole host of economic, social and political crises, Iran sentenced more than 30 activists, workers and journalists to lashes and prison, …

VOA – A senior Iranian nuclear official said Saturday that the clock was ticking for other parties to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal and that it had the capacity to raise its uranium enrichment beyond 20%, although it had no plans to do so for the time being. “We have started lifting limitations on our Research and Development imposed by …

VOA – A once-detained Iranian oil tanker pursued by the U.S. appears to be off the coast of Syria, where Tehran reportedly promised the vessel would not go when authorities in Gibraltar agreed to release it several weeks ago, according to satellite images obtained Saturday by The Associated Press. The appearance of the Adrian Darya-1 in waters near Tartus comes …

CHRI – Imprisoned civil rights activist Atena Daemi and recently released political prisoner Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi were informed that they must serve an additional 2.1 years in prison now that the Tehran Appeals Court upheld a joint sentence against them under the charges of “insulting the supreme leader” and “propaganda against the state.” Daemi’s mother, Masoumeh Nemati, told the Center for Human Rights in …

Al-Monitor – When Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani, a former chairman of Iran’s judiciary, came under political fire recently, he reacted with an over-the-top outburst that could endanger his future and that of his highly influential family. When Larijani was appointed judiciary chief in 2009 — a position he held until December 2018 — many considered him a strong candidate to eventually become supreme leader. But his standing has …