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Al-monitor — Britain sanctioned more than two dozen targets Tuesday including firms and individuals in Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Iran in what London described as the “largest ever UK action” targeting Russia’s access to foreign military supplies for its war against Ukraine. In a statement, the UK Foreign Ministry said it had sanctioned 22 individuals and businesses outside Russia …

RFL/RE – Javad Ruhi, a 35-year-old Iranian protester from the northern city of Amol whose death sentence was overturned by Iran’s Supreme Court, remains in temporary detention more than 10 months after he was arrested as his case continues to be passed around regional Iranian courts. Ruhi was arrested in the northern Iranian city of Nowshahr on December 11 for participating in …

Iranwire – The head of the Union of Journalists in Tehran province marked Iran’s National Journalist’s Day on August 8 by declaring that journalism in the country is going through a “dark era,” with an increasing number of media workers being arrested, dismissed, censored or forced into exile. “The era of journalistic suppression continues,” Akbar Montajabi said on Twitter, noting …

Iranwire – The jarring sounds of an elevator or a doorbell send them into a state of panic, solitude serves as a stark reminder of their loneliness, and the cacophony triggers haunting memories of their days of interrogation. By Sara Rasouli, citizen journalist Long-lasting psychological effects accompany many individuals who have experienced imprisonment in the islamic Republic’s dungeons. “The duration …

Iranwire – After numerous trips by political and military officials of the Islamic Republic to Russia to finalize the sale of Russian weapons to Iran, it is now clear that, for the moment at least, the dream of equipping Iranian armed forces with the latest Russian armaments will not come true. *** Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, the Islamic Republic’s …