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CHRI – Civil rights activist Parastou Forouhar is awaiting the results of her appeal against a six-year suspended prison sentence issued to her by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran, she told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).

CHRI – Two lawyers representing the family of recently deceased Kavous Seyed-Emami have issued a statement countering the claims made in a short film that was aired on a state-funded TV program in Iran that accused Seyed-Emami of engaging in espionage.

CHRI – New Briefing Details Beatings and Deaths of Detainees, Intimidation of Families, Denial of Due Process The state crackdown that effectively crushed the protests that erupted across Iran in late December 2017 was marked by an unusually high degree of violence and disregard for the law, according to a new briefing by the Center for Human Rights in Iran …

Al-Monitor – Ever since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the implicit goal of US strategy toward Tehran has with rare exception been to subvert the Iranian political system. Under President Donald Trump, regime change has been adopted as official policy. Trump’s approach has been twofold: to increase sanctions and other pressures to weaken Iran while countering its defensive capabilities and regional …

RFL/RE – With more than 10,000 religious shrines dotting Iran to mark where descendants of Shi’ite Islam’s most revered imams are said to have been buried, many of them go unnoticed.   By Golnaz Esfandiari, RFE/RL The ancient ruins of Persepolis is one of Iran’s 22 UNESCO World Heritage sites. (file photo by Islamic Republic News Agency) With more than …