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Iranwire – An unknown number of Iranian students and teachers were taken to medical centers for treatment on April 24 after multiple girls’ schools were targeted by chemical attacks. The attacks were reported in at least three provinces: Kurdistan, Hamadan and Alborz.  According to reports, two teachers from a school in Karaj, near Tehran, were hospitalized at the special care …

Iranwire – For the first time, more than 40 political, social and human rights activists inside and outside Iran, some from inside the Islamic Republic’s prisons, joined a two-day virtual seminar to try to answer the question: How to save Iran? Twenty-three participants live in Iran, and eight of them are in prison. Those living in Iran delivered their speeches …

CHRI – Five months after the first report of a chemical attack on a girls’ school in Iran, students across the country are continuing to report chemical odors in their classrooms and symptoms associated with chemical inhalation, including respiratory and gastrointestinal problems, fainting, and eye irritation. “What we know at this time is that since November 2022, schoolgirls all over …

Al-Arabia – The UK and European Union on Monday toughened their sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as part of new restrictions on Tehran for alleged human rights violations. British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced a travel ban and assets freeze on four individuals and the IRGC “in its entirety.” Brussels added eight individuals, including a hardline lawmaker, …

Iranwire – Every day, authorities across Iran are announcing new measures to enforce mandatory hijab laws, triggering criticism from lawyers and human rights activists. The police commander of the north-eastern province of Golestan recently said that car owners who don’t abide by the Islamic Republic’s dress code will receive warnings by SMS. He said the vehicle will be impounded after …