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rferl.org – Hundreds of protesters turned out on the streets of Abadan for the past three nights calling for justice for those responsible for the collapse of the 10-story Metropol building earlier this week. Security forces fired in the air and used tear gas to disperse protesters in the southwestern city of Abadan, the capital of the southwestern Iranian province …

rferl.org – Iranian maritime authorities said on May 28 that the crews of two Greek tankers they seized a day earlier are aboard the vessels and in good health, according to the semiofficial Iranian news agency Tasnim. Troops from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) seized the Delta Poseidon and another Greek-operated tanker in what appears to be a tit-for-tat …

rferl.org – Iranian Zar Amir Ebrahimi has won the Best Actress award at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival for her role as a journalist helping to catch a serial killer in the thriller Holy Spider. Ebrahimi is an actor and assistant director as well as a photographer of socially relevant issues, and is believed to reside in France. “I have …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); May 27, 2022: There has been a spike in executions in Iranian prisons in the last ten days. According to Iran Human Rights’ statistics department, at least 26 people were executed in different cities in the last ten days. The rise in executions comes at a time when protests have been taking place across Iran. Expressing …

rferl.org – Hundreds of residents in Abadan, the capital of the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan, took to the streets on May 26 for the second consecutive night to protest the deadly collapse of an unfinished building and demand justice. Protesters called for the trial of those responsible for the accident, including Abadan’s mayor and city council officials. Amateur video …