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Iran Human Rights – A man was hanged in public in the Razavi Khorasan province (northeastern Iran) on Friday September 30. A crowd of people reportedly watched the execution. A prisoner who was arrested about two weeks ago on murder and rape charges was hanged in public in the city of Neyshabur. According to the Iranian state-run news agency, Mehr, the …

PayvandNews – The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the Islamic Republic has sold 32 tons of heavy water to the United States and delivered 38 tons of the nuclear substance to Russia. “European firms, including German and French ones, seek to purchase Iran’s heavy water and we have expressed our readiness in this regard,” Ali Akbar Salehi told …

PayvandNews – Iranian film ‘Kasco’ by Mojtaba Ghasemi has won the Best Short Narrative award at Full Bloom Film Festival (FBFF) 2016 in the US. The movie received the award on September 24 in competition with 55 other short films at the Short Narrative Films section of the festival. ‘Kasco’ directed by Mojtaba Ghasemi Ghasemi’s production tells the story of Gholam Eshghi, known as KASCO, …

Radiozamaneh – Amir Tataloo, Iranian musician is till in jail after his second arrest on 23 Aug 2016 by Islamic Republic authorities without any clear announcements regarding the charges against him. by: Rouzbeh Hamid Sources linked to Tataloo have reported in their social media posts that the charge against him is “spreading corruption and indecency”. The reports add that he …

VOA – Iranian news reports say Tehran has built a new aerial attack drone similar to a U.S. military aerial vehicle captured five years ago after it entered Iranian airspace from the country’s eastern border with Afghanistan. The semiofficial Tasnim news agency said the “Saeqeh” (“Thunderbolt”) long-range drone is capable of hitting four targets with smart bombs with what it …