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Bloomberg – The Baha’i have been excluded from basic civic functions like pensions and education. They’re publishing the proof.

AL-Arabia – Protests renewed in Iran overnight according to videos and footage which showed people protesting in Bandar Abbas in the south, Najafabad in Isfahan in center Iran, Kerman in the southeast and in Shiraz, the center of the Fars Province. Watch the protest: http://vid.alarabiya.net/2018/01/29/mothaharat29/mothaharat29___mothaharat29_video.mp4?versionId=qQZwd6.gFtv2sjlSZq.hdt3RV5V2GqQa During their protest in Bandar Abbas, protestors were calling on more people to join them. …

Iran Human Rights  –  At least two prisoners were hanged at Urmia Central Prison on murder charges. According to a close source, on the morning of Sunday, January 28, at least two prisoners were executed at Urmia Central Prison (Darya). The prisoners were sentenced to death on murder charges. Moreover, another prisoner named Hamdollah Mohammadpour, who was scheduled to be …

Al-Monitor – When the protests in Iran began Dec. 28, it wasn’t clear to Tehran’s regional allies whether or not to be concerned. Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Syria’s defiant government, whose existence today has a lot to do with the revolutionary establishment’s decision to fight on their side, all had many …

Al-Monitor – When President Hassan Rouhani presented his administration’s budget proposal on Dec. 10, he gave a controversial speech on the parliament floor about corruption, which many observers believe played a contributing factor to the protests that rocked Iran. While Rouhani may have hoped the speech would garner public support for his economic plan after parliament rejected his general budget …