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CHRI -Two day after a former senior British politician expressed optimism after discussing the case of imprisoned Iranian-British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with Iranian officials, the Tehran Province prosecutor denied she would soon be released. “Nazanin Zaghari is serving her prison sentence and there’s no discussion about freeing her,” Gholam-Hossein Esmaili told the semi-official Jamaran news agency on January 12, …

Iran Human Rights – Abolfazl Chezahi Sharahi, an underage offender who is sentenced to death on murder charges, has been transferred to solitary confinement and is scheduled to be executed at Qom Central prison on Wednesday. IHR calls on the international community to react before it is too late. According to a close source, the authorities informed Abolfazl Chezahi Sharahi’s …

Iran Human Rights –  While the relatives of Saro Qahremani say he has been murdered in custody and no bullet-hole was seen on his body, Sanandaj Governor claims that Saro Qahremani has been killed during an armed conflict. Iran Human Hights (IHR) once again calls for an independent fact-finding mission. The Committee on the Rights of the Detained (for 2017-2018 …

AL-Monitor – Iran’s air pollution crisis, which claimed more than 4,800 lives in 2016, has become yet another area for scoring political points for both the Reformists and the Principlists, much like almost everything else in Iran. Ever since the Reformists took over the presidency and the capital city, they no longer criticize the administration or the municipality for not …

PayvandNews – Dozens of sports films are competing in the 11th Tehran International FICTS Festival that opened at Felestin Cinema on Monday. A lineup of feature-length, short and documentary films from around the world will go on screen during the 4-day event. “One Day One Child” by Sinan Sertel from Turkey, “Ola Bola” by Chiu Keng Guan from Malaysia, “Requited” by Nerissa …