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Iran Human Rights (IHR) –  A prisoner was hanged for murder charges in Northern Iranian province of Mazandaran on Wednesday.

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner was hanged in Public at a square in Falavarjan City, Isfahan Province, in Iran. He was sentenced to death for murder and rape charges.

Al-Monitor – The recent resignation of Iran’s minister of health, Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, led to many speculations. Officially, insufficient allocations in the next Iranian year (beginning March 21) was cited as the reason, but commentators also referred to factional infighting within the Hassan Rouhani administration as well as shifting interests as a result of renewed sanctions. One hint emerged when a video …

Al-Monitor – An American-born Iranian journalist working for Iran’s state-funded English-language news network Press TV is said to be in custody after landing in the United States to visit an ailing brother.

Radiofarda – Increase in the volume of desertification and reduction of vegetation, combined with other problematic factors, have led to the invasion of haze in most provinces in Iran.