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Iran Human Rights –  On Thursday August 11, two prisoners were hanged in public, one in the city of Ravansar (Kermanshah province, western Iran) and one in the city of Kazeroon (Fars province, southcentral Iran). On Wednesday August 10, at least two prisoners were reportedly executed at Karaj’s Rajai Shahr Prison (west of Tehran) on murder charges. On Monday August …

Al-monitor – Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s personal letter to US President Barack Obama asking the American president to return $2 billion in Iranian funds blocked in the United States could become a legal headache for the former president, who some believe is eyeing a political comeback. AUTHOR Arash Karami The Central Bank of Iran under Ahmadinejad’s presidency purchased the $2 …

Al-monitor – President Hassan Rouhani cited “lack of justice in the employment process” when he ordered the cancellation of the third Civil Service Examination on July 31. Over 2,800 job opportunities at 12 state bodies were up for grabs in the test, which was due to be held in September. Rouhani further tasked the Management and Planning Organization with ensuring …

BBC – Hidden in Iran’s vast central deserts lies one of the Islamic Republic’s most unexpected geographical finds. Ice cold in the desert (Credit: Credit: Ian Lloyd Neubauer) Ice cold in the desertIn the Zard-Kuh, a 4,200m-high mountain range bordering the western flank of Iran’s vast central deserts, hides one of the Islamic Republic’s most unexpected geographical finds: on the …

PayvandNews – The State Welfare Organization of Iran has facilitated the process for prospective foster or adoptive families, an official with the organization announced. The adoption and foster laws which dated back to some 44 years ago were revised and modified in 2013 and are going to be implemented in the near future, Habibollah Masoudi-Farid said, Fars news agency reported …