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Iranian Activist Says Authorities Trying To Push Him Out Of The Country

RFL/R – Prominent Iranian civil activist Hossein Ronaghi says he won’t leave the country despite moves by the government to ratchet up pressure on him, including the freezing of his bank accounts and the violation of his civil rights. Ronaghi said in a tweet on June 8 that the Information Ministry had requested he be forced into exile.“Attacks and sending messages containing …

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Iran’s Top Sunni Cleric Tells Regime to Address “People’s Suffering”

Iranwire – Iran’s most prominent Sunni cleric urged the Shia-ruled Islamic Republic to address the people’s economic needs instead of allocating excessive funding to the military, after officials unveiled what they described as the country’s first domestically produced hypersonic ballistic missile. Molavi Abdulhamid, the Sunni Friday prayer leader of Zahedan, made the call in his sermon on June 9, ahead …

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Group Calls for Release of Jailed Iranian Cartoonist

Iranwire – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged Iranian authorities to release a cartoonist arrested earlier this week on unknown charges and to stop their “unabated efforts to silence commentators and members of the press.” “Iranian authorities must release cartoonist Atena Farghadani immediately and unconditionally,” Sherif Mansour, CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa program coordinator, said in a statement. …

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Iran University Students Face Reprisals over Protests, Hijab

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s relentless efforts to tighten its grip on universities and suppress student protests have reached a new level of intensity.  After nearly nine months since nationwide anti-government demonstrations began, reports are emerging regarding the authorities’ increasing use of intimidation tactics and disciplinary measures on students involved in the protest movement. One of the latest victims of …

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‘No Joke’: The Baffling Silence by The Biden Administration, UN and EU on Iran’s Human Rights Abuses

gatestoneinstitute.org – [J]ust a few days after the regime executed two young men, Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare, for “blasphemy,” Iran was rewarded by being appointed chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council 2023 Social Forum, as well as being handsomely compensated by the European Union. “Iran human rights role ‘like granting Bin Laden a Nobel Peace Prize’.” …

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