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alarabiya.net – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei accused Western countries Wednesday of endangering the lives of Ukrainians so they can sell arms to Kyiv for use in its war against Russia. Western nations have pushed “the people of Ukraine to the frontlines in order to fill the pockets of American arms-manufacturing companies,” Khamenei said during a meeting with senior clerics …

rferl.org – For over 20 years, the Imam Ali’s Popular Student Relief Society has worked on combating poverty and helping vulnerable children in Iran. But the charity, which has over 10,000 volunteers across Iran, has come under mounting pressure from the authorities in recent years. In 2021, an Iranian court ordered the independent NGO be dissolved, a ruling that was …

rferl.org – The three young sons of activist Abbas Deris have appealed to the authorities not to carry out the execution of their father — which would leave them as orphans — as fears grow his death sentence on charges he denies may be imminent. In a video circulated on social media, one of the three sons speaks as they …

rferl.org – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on July 12 launched into a condemnation of Western attitudes on homosexuality during a visit to Uganda, which has just introduced some of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world. “The West today is trying to promote the idea of homosexuality and by promoting homosexuality they are trying to end the generation of human …

rferl.org – An appeals court in Tehran has confirmed the two-year prison sentence handed to activist Sepideh Gholian for chanting a slogan against Iran’s supreme leader shortly after her recent release from detention. Gholian’s brother Mehdi announced the decision on July 11, adding the Islamic Revolutionary Court sentence includes two years of deprivation from using a smartphone, a two-year ban …