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CHRI – Religious leaders of the Sunni Muslim communities in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province and in the Kurdish provinces of the country are being increasingly targeted by Islamic Republic authorities for persecution, arrest, and imprisonment because of their peaceful criticism of the state’s violent repression. “Iranian authorities are jailing and defrocking religious leaders of the Sunni communities for speaking …

Al-Monitor – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vowed to take revenge for a shrine attack in the country’s south on Sunday, where an assailant gunned down two worshipers and wounded eight others.  “We will definitely give a decisive response to the terrorists,” said IRGC spokesman Brig. Gen. Ramezan Sharif in comments published by Tasnim news agency. The general alleged …

iranintl – Russia has ceased its gasoline exports to Iran for the past few months, an informed Iranian oil ministry official told Iran International on Monday. The source said the Ministry had intended to import up to 10 million liters of gasoline daily from Russia to compensate for the gap in gasoline production and consumption. However, the Russian authorities, aware …

Iranwire – Iranian intelligence and security forces have summoned dozens of university students across the country in recent days, amid an intensifying clampdown on dissent in the lead-up to the anniversary of the “Women, Life, Freedom” protest movement. Students of multiple universities, including Amir Kabir, Allameh Tabatabai, Khajeh Nasir, Tarbiat Modares and Ferdowsi, were handed the summonses or notified by …

Iranwire – A man and two women have been sentenced to one year in prison each, 74 lashes and a fine for “disturbing public order, harassment and appearing in public without proper religious hijab,” local media reported. The trio can appeal the sentence, which was issued on August 14, according to Hamshahri newspaper. The report said that the case stems …