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iranintl – During a March 25, 2020, cabinet meeting, President Hassan Rouhani revealed Tehran’s propaganda efforts to alter public opinion on sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Iran International revealed recently the existence of a network which was promoting Iran’s policies on the global stage. These influence campaigns, which could be ultimately the same, might have reached and influenced US lawmakers and …

iranintl – Iran’s state television has again accused opposition media of spreading false information about a girl falling into a coma after an alleged assault by hijab enforcers. In its Thursday evening news bulletin, IRIB’s News Channel aired footage released on Wednesday showing Armita Geravand entering a Tehran subway station without covering her hair, waiting with friends, and then being …

iranintl – More than 40 member states of the UN Human Rights Council have expressed “serious concern” over the approval of Iran’s new hijab bill it branded “gender apartheid”.  The law imposes harsher penalties, including longer prison sentences and higher fines, on women who do not adhere to the country’s strict Islamic dress code for head coverings and modest attire. …

RFL/RE – An Iranian labor group says teachers and classmates of Armita Garavand, a high-school student reportedly in a coma after being assaulted by morality police for not wearing the mandatory head scarf, are being pressured and threatened by security authorities for commenting on the situation surrounding the 16-year-old. Rights groups and journalists say Garavand and two of her friends …

Iranwire – Molavi Abdulhamid, Iran’s most prominent Sunni cleric, used his Friday sermon to urge the country’s authorities to investigate a recent incident that left a 16-year-old girl in a coma, and to bring those responsible to justice. Armita Geravand has been hospitalized since October 1, when she collapsed in a Tehran subway train due to what the authorities called …