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Iran-HRM – The state security forces raided the home of Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani Sunday morning, where he was arrested and taken to the Branch 2 of the Revolutionary court of Rasht, northern Iran. Youcef Nadarkhani had been sentenced to prison and internal exile however no official summons has been issued for him. A source close to Nadarkhani’s family said, …

Iran-HRM – Prison authorities deliberately delayed taking political prisoner Arash Sadeghi to the hospital on July 22, 2017 and he was returned to prison without a doctor seeing him. He was due to undergo tests for a rare form of bone cancer. He has a doctor appointment at 7 am and the doctor was supposed to see his bone marrow …

VOA – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasted Iran’s ruling elite and its religious leaders for using their positions to “line their pockets” with riches while the average person “cries out for jobs, reform, and opportunity.”

VOA – U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to “never threaten the United States,” in a Twitter comment that came shortly after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a speech critical of Iran’s leaders.

VOA – A 5.9-magnitude quake rattled Kermanshah province, in western Iran near the border with Iraq, Sunday, injuring nearly 150 people, the head of the country’s disaster response agency said. Pirhossein Kolivand, head of the country’s natural disasters response agency, told state television that 146 people were injured, including 21 who were taken to hospitals for treatment. He did not …