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Iranwire – Mojtaba Pourbakhsh, a prominent Iranian sports presenter and university lecturer, has been sacked from Tehran’s Azad University, as the authorities intensify their crackdown on academics supporting the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protest movement. Pourbakhsh shared on his Instagram account on September 5 the official termination notice issued by the Ministry of Science.  In a message accompanying the document, he …

Iranwire – Iranian security forces have arrested the father and sister of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a protester killed during last year’s nationwide protests, according to human rights groups. Hassanzadeh’s father, Ahmad, was arrested in the Kurdish city of Bukan on September 5, while his sister Solmaz was also taken into custody. They were both taken to an undisclosed location. The arrests …

Iranwire – A Baha’i resident of the central Iranian city of Semnan has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for alleged “propaganda activity” against the Islamic Republic and leading a group aimed at “destabilizing the country’s security.” According to a report received by Iranwire, Branch 1 of the Semnan Revolutionary Court also fined Shahdaokht Khanjani 50 million tomans ($1,000) …

Iranwire – The Iranian authorities have imposed a ban on the sale of notebooks with covers featuring Walt Disney characters, according to the head of the Tehran Stationery Union. In an interview with the Tejarat News website on September 5, ahead of the new school year on September 23, Musa Farzanian said that violators face fines and the possibility of having …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have transferred civil activist and political prisoner Reza Ramezanzadeh to the ward housing dangerous criminals in Tehran’s Greater Tehran Prison, IranWire has learned.  The transfer took place on September 5, one week after he presented himself at the prison to start a one-year prison sentence.  Ramezanzadeh was arrested during street demonstrations in Tehran in October 2022 …