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Iranwire – More Iranian schoolgirls were taken to hospital on April 5 amid a wave of poisoning attacks that have hit more than 200 girls’ schools across the country over more than four months. In the central province of Fars, a video posted on social media showed several pupils from Esteghlal Girls’ School in Kohenjan being rushed to hospital in apparent …

Iranwire – Hundreds of protesters flooded the streets of a Tehran neighborhood overnight to commemorate the birthday of Hamidreza Rouhi, a university student who was killed nearly five months ago amid a brutal state crackdown on anti-government demonstrations. The protesters marched through Shahr-e-Ziba neighborhood late on April 5 despite the heavy presence of security forces, chanting slogans calling for justice …

Iranwire – In an audio recording provided to IranWire, Hami Bahadori, 26, a detained member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority, spoke of his experience during interrogation and imprisonment and his court appearances. Bahadori was arrested on October 22 last year and is being held at Greater Tehran’s Fashafouye prison. In his audio recording, he spoke to his fellow Iranians, …

Iranwire – As IranWire has reported, hundreds of Iranians have sustained severe eye injuries after being hit by pellets, tear gas cannisters, paintball bullets or other projectiles used by security forces amid a bloody crackdown on mainly peaceful demonstrations. Doctors say that, as of now, at least 580 protesters have lost one or both eyes in Tehran and in Kurdistan alone. …

VOA – China hosted a meeting Thursday between the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia as the Middle East nations work to restore ties after seven years of tensions. Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, discussed steps toward reopening embassies and consulates and the official resumption …