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Iranwire – The Iranian judiciary has sentenced Iranian film director Saeed Roostaei to six months in prison on the charge of “propaganda” against the Islamic Republic, Etemad Online reported.  The news website removed the report hours after its publication, citing no reasons. According to the article, Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Roostaei on August 14 over “the …

Iranwire – Two Kurdish twin sisters aged 21 were arrested in the western city of Sanandaj on August 13, according to a rights group based in France.  The Kurdistan Human Rights Network said that Zaryan and Zilan Molaei were detained during a raid by government forces on the family’s house and taken to an undisclosed location. The two students were …

VOA – A record number of people registered to become candidates in Iran’s parliamentary elections scheduled for March 1, 2024, the Interior Ministry said Monday. The elections will be the first since nationwide protests rocked the country last year. Nearly 49,000 people filed paperwork seeking to run as candidates during a one-week registration period that ended on Sunday, the ministry …

Iran-HRM – September 16 marks the anniversary of the murder of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini and the beginning of nationwide protests last year, during which nearly 750 protesters were brutally killed by security forces. Security institutions have already started threatening, summoning, and detaining families who seek justice for their children, demanding that they refrain from attending the gravesites of their lost …

iranintl – The intensification of international sanctions against Russia has made Iran a potentially major trade partner for Moscow, a website in Tehran said on Saturday. According to Rouydad24, Iranian officials have started to think of Russia as a $100 billion market for Iranian goods. This, however, is an outlandish expectation given Iran’s own isolation due to sanctions, its crippled …