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Iranhumanrights.org – Imprisoned music distributors Mehdi Rajabian and Hossein Rajabian are in poor health after starting a hunger strike on September 8, 2016 in Evin Prison. The brothers are protesting being held in separate wards and the denial of access to medical care. An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that judicial officials have rejected …

Al-monitor — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is slated to address the UN General Assembly session that opens Sept. 20. It will be Rouhani’s fourth such address, but this year he will notably only stay in New York for less than 48 hours. AUTHOR Rohollah Faghihi Rouhani’s whirlwind visit to the United States comes at a time when he finds himself under increasing fire at home by hard-liners, who charge …

VOA – Iran has reduced the number of planes it plans to buy from Airbus by six units following delays in U.S. regulatory approvals needed to import the jets, an Iranian official told Reuters. Iran announced plans in January to buy 118 jets worth $27 billion at list prices from the European planemaker but has voiced concern at the amount …

christiandaily – Three Christian converts in Iran are now facing flogging as punishment for taking “illegal” Holy Communion wine. (Reuters/Ulises Rodriguez)A member of the Mara Salvatrucha gang receives communion from a priest at the prison of Ciudad Barrios, March 26, 2012. On May 13, Iranian police took three Christians along with Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani and his wife for taking “illegal” Holy …

rudaw  – At least two Iranian soldiers were killed in clashes on the northwestern border with Iraqi Kurdistan, sources said. One source told Rudaw that clashes took place in the Barimergan area of Piranshahr, a town in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province. He could not tell who was involved in the clashes, but according to the information received by Rudaw at …