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iranintl – The prospect of Iranian officials facing criminal charges under human rights law took a big step forward in the current session of the UN’s Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva. The two reports presented to the Council mark a watershed for Iran, giving impetus to the ending of impunity and new emphasis on legal accountability for those IR …

Iranwire – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei chose not to travel to Mashhad, as he does every year, to deliver his annual New Year speech due to the coincidence of Ramadan and Nowruz. Instead, he gave his speech during the early hours of the Persian New Year on March 20 at his leadership headquarters in Tehran.  The Supreme Leader’s Nowruz …

Iranwire – Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board has ordered the deportation of Seyed Salman Samani, the former deputy interior minister of Iran, IranWire reports. He arrived in Canada on a visitor visa obtained in Türkiye. However, Canadian authorities questioned him about his past role in the Iranian government upon his arrival. Samani served as the deputy interior minister of Iran …

Iranwire – Iranian border guards have shot and injured two more Kurdish kolbars on the eve of Persian New Year (Nowruz) as violence against the transborder porters continues to surge.  Mehdi Sharifi, 23, from Saqqez, and Suleiman Amini, 28, from Baneh, both sustained gunshot wounds during firing at the Hengejal border crossing on March 19, according to Hengaw Organization for …

Iranwire – As the world welcomed the arrival of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, several American and international officials extended greetings to those who celebrate the thousand-years-old festivities.  President Joe Biden offered his well wishes, saying, “Today, Jill and I send our best wishes to the millions of people around the world celebrating Nowruz – a time of reflection, renewal, …