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Iran-HRM – Thirteen protesters who were arrested in recent nationwide protests by the security forces were summoned to a Tonekabon court. They were charged with “participating in illegal gatherings,” “insulting the Supreme Leader,” “disrupting public opinion,” and “acting against national security.” The detainees were transferred to Shahsavar Prison after the end of their interrogations. According to an informed source, the …

RFL/RE – The U.S. State Department late on February 15 called on Iran to release three opposition leaders who have been under house arrest for seven years. The statement came on the seventh anniversary of the detention of 2009 Iranian presidential candidates Mehdi Karrubi and Mir Hossein Musavi, as well as Musavi’s wife and women’s rights advocate Zahra Rahnavard. Karrubi, …

RFL/RE – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley says it is “time for the Security Council to act” following the release of a UN report finding that Iran violated a UN arms embargo on Yemen’s Huthi rebels. “This report highlights what we’ve been saying for months: Iran has been illegally transferring weapons in violation of multiple Security Council …

Radiozamaneh – Of tens of women on the streets of Iran who started to take off their veils during the mass street demonstration of January 2018 to object the compulsory hijab law of the country, 29 were arrested. But most recently on 15 Feb, another women showed up to the original location of the first women who took off her …

Radiozamaneh – Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) judiciary states that the environmentalist professor who died under suspicious circumstances in prison was member of an espionage network. Meanwhile, his son speaks out about the atrocities that the country’s security agents have committed against his family members and his late father and says his father’s death has escalated tensions within factions of …