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Iran Human Rights –  Two prisoners were executed at Salmas Prison (west Azerbaijan province, northwestern Iran) on drug related charges. According to close sources, one of the prisoners, identified as Sami Mamadi, was hanged on Monday October 31. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, the other prisoner, identified as Iraj Hamedi, was hanged on Tuesday November 1. The human rights …

Iranhumanrights.org – Tehran MP Voices Support for Yashar Soltani. New information has seriously challenged the credibility of the charges against Yashar Soltani, who was detained and charged with “spreading lies” and “gathering classified information with the intent to harm national security” after he published an unclassified letter exposing wide-spread corruption in the Tehran Municipality. Tehran City Council member Ahmad Hakimipour, …

PayvandNews – Iranian architect Leila Araghian and Alireza Behzadi won the UAE’s prestigious Aga Khan Award for Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge that connect two parks separated by a highway in northern Tehran. Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge in Tehran, Iran (photo by Sina Ahmadi) see more photos The Aga Khan Award for Architecture established in 1977 is given every three years to projects that …

PayvandNews – Iranian search engine ‘Parsijoo’ is the most used search engine in Iran after Google, head of the Steering Committee of the project ‘Domestic Search Engines’ said Monday. Alireza Yari, head of the Steering Committee of the project ‘Domestic Search Engines’ told Mehr News correspondent on Monday that Iranian internet citizens are slowly moving toward using domestic search engines more …

PayvandNews – President Rouhani while noting the various progress his govt. has made in economic and foreign policy arenas, urged finding solutions to raise Iranian youth’s hope for the future of the country. Suicide cartoon by Keyvan Varessi, Iranian daily Ghanoon President Hassan Rouhani attended an open Parliament’s session on Tuesday where MPs would assess the qualifications and then vote …