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Al-monitor – The resignations of three cabinet ministers in October had raised hope among many women’s rights activists in Iran that President Hassan Rouhani would nominate at least one woman to one of the vacant positions. While Rouhani pledged to incorporate more women into his government during his 2013 presidential campaign, he has yet to fulfill this promise. AUTHOR Zahra …

Iranhumanrights.org – Karan Vafadari, an Iranian-American national belonging to the Zoroastrian faith, and his wife Afarin Niasari, have been in detention in Tehran’s Evin Prison without public charge or access to counsel since their arrest by Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) Intelligence Organization agents three months ago, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned. In a letter …

PayvandNews – Historically low rainfalls have raised concerns that Iran will have an arid year in 2017. Iran’s Tasnim news agency in a report said the average rainfalls in the country dropped this autumn by 74 percent compared to last year. This was the lowest drop the country had seen for the past 47 years, Tasnim added. “Overall rainfalls measured …

RFL/RE – Iran says the extension of sanctions legislation by the U.S. Congress is “a violation” of the nuclear deal reached between Tehran and world powers last year. “We will report it to Iran’s committee assigned for monitoring the implementation of the deal,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said on December 2. “We are ready to firmly protect the nation’s …

Amnesty – Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi was jailed on 23 November after being summoned to start serving his prison sentence. The authorities have told Keywan Karimi they also intend to carry out his flogging sentence of 223 lashes. He is a prisoner of conscience. Please cllick below link to read the report: https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1352582016ENGLISH.pdf