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As the world is observing British-Iranian Vahid Beheshti’s hunger strike in front of UK’s Foreign Office reaching day 27 to ask the British government to proscribe the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) people should be aware of the seriousness of his actions. As a form of protesting injustice and performing a non-violent resistance, hunger strikes have been used throughout history …

Iranwire – Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei used his speech marking Nowruz, the Persian New Year, to claim that the anti-government protests that have swept Iran for more than six months are part of a global conspiracy aimed at weakening the Islamic Republic. In a televised address on March 21 from the Imam Reza Shrine in the northeastern city of Mashhad, …

Iranwire – An Israeli air strike has reportedly hit an Iranian arms depot near Aleppo airport, amid the Islamic Republic’s growing influence in Syria where it is supporting President Bashar al-Assad in a 12-year civil war. Bassem Mansour, the head of Syria’s civil aviation service, said that the airport was put out of service by an air strike early on …

Iranwire – Iran’s armed forces have used shotguns and tear gas to disperse anti-government protests in multiple western Kurdish towns and cities, wounding dozens of people, as Iranians celebrated the Persian New Year. Violent clashes occurred across Kurdistan province late on March 20, including in Mahabad, Saqqez and Dehgolan, as residents attended cultural and traditional events to mark Nowruz amid heavy …

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic says it has granted prison leaves during the Nowrouz holiday period, but thousands of Iranian political and ideological prisoners remained behind bars and celebrated the Persian New Year away from their families. Inmates inside the women’s ward of Tehran’s Evin prison spoke to IranWire about their preparations for Nowruz and how they celebrate the holiday, …