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Iranwire – “I cannot remember the exact moment when the idea of launching a school with a new system first took root in my mind; perhaps it began to start towards the end of my time in traditional schooling. By my second year of high school, I started feeling that attending school was nothing more than a waste of time …

Iran-HRM – On Monday, September 4, 2023, Azam Gholami Zahab, a resident of Mashhad and one of the detainees of the nationwide uprising, was sentenced to 16 years and 4 months of imprisonment by Judge Hossein Yazdankhah from Branch 5 of the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad. She has been charged with “gathering and collusion with the intent to disrupt national …

CHRI – A new report just released by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) and the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reveals shocking state violence by Islamic Republic security forces against unarmed civilians in the predominantly Kurdish city of Javanrud, which occurred during the protests that shook Iran in the fall of 2022. The 100-page report, “Massacre in Javanrud: State Atrocities Against …

Al-Monitor – Saudi Arabia’s ambassador arrived in Iran on Tuesday, marking another milestone in the improved Saudi-Iran relationship. Ambassador Abdullah bin Saud al-Anzi said that Saudi leadership “confirms the importance of strengthening relations and increasing communication and meetings between the kingdom and Iran” upon his arrival to Tehran, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. The official Islamic Republic News Agency also …

Al-Monitor – Iranian authorities closed down the pro-reform news agency Entekhab late Monday after it published a video clip criticizing the foreign policy agenda of hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi.    The decision was announced by the state regulatory body, known as the Press Supervisory Board, after it found the news agency to be “acting against Iran’s national interests and the Islamic Republic’s …