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Iran Human Rights –  Mohammad Najafi, who questioned the authorities’ claim about a protester’s “suicide” in prison, has been under arrest since January 15. According to a close source, Mohammad Najafi, attorney at law, was arrested by the security forces at his house on the evening of January 15. Mohammad Najafi had been investigating the suspicious death of Vahid Heidari, …

PayvandNews – Iran water crisis (source: cover of Iranian economic magazine Tejarate Fard) By Esfandyar Batmanghelidj (source: LobeLog)   The most important sentence in the Persian language is arguably “Baba ab dad.” The sentence means “father gave water.” It is the first sentence taught to Iranian children when they are learning to read and write. Beyond its phonetic simplicity, it …

usnews – The two-week protest movement that rocked cities across Iran earlier this year has largely subsided, but the fallout from the government’s harsh response has just begun.

Al-Arabia – US President Donald Trump said, on Friday, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that the US will “block Iran’s path to a nuclear weapon.”

VOA — The U.N. Security Council will visit Washington on Monday for a working lunch with U.S. President Donald Trump and to conduct a visit to examine alleged Iranian missile parts.