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Iranwire – The daughter of Jamshid Sharmahd, a German-Iranian man sentenced to death in Iran, has asked authorities in Germany to open criminal proceedings against Iranian judicial authorities, alleging crimes against humanity. Gazelle Sharmahd filed a criminal complaint with the German federal prosecutor’s office against eight high-ranking members of the judiciary and the intelligence service, the Berlin-based European Center for …

Iranwire – Mandatory hijab laws cost Iranians up to 45 trillion tomans ($900 million) per year, according to new research by Iran Open Data.  In a recent article, the collaborative initiative explained that these expenses is borne by Iranians in two ways. – The indirect costs: Iran Open Data estimates that the current government budget allocates around 9 trillion tomans …

Iranwire – Albanian police have raided a camp near Tirana home to members of the exile Iranian opposition group Mujahedin-e Khalk (MEK), and seized 150 computer devices allegedly linked to prohibited activities. Albanian authorities said both police officers and Iranian dissidents were injured during clashes at the Ashraf-3 camp on June 20.  The opposition group said one person also died. …

VOA – One by one, the 10 women, mostly aged under 30, went defiantly to their deaths by hanging in a city square in Shiraz in southern Iran. The youngest was only 17 years old. They had been charged with crimes including espionage but, for supporters around the world, they were simply being hanged because they were Bahais, and refused …

Al-Monitor – Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Qatar early on Tuesday, on the first leg of a regional tour that will also take him to Oman. The Iranian top diplomat said in a tweet upon his arrival to the Qatari capital that his visit aims to strengthen relations with neighboring countries and follow up on previous agreements signed with these …