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VOA – The United States said Wednesday its assessment aligns with a United Nations report concluding that the new de facto head of the al-Qaida terror group, Saif al-Adel, is based in Iran. “When it comes to his presence there, offering safe haven to al-Qaida is just another example of Iran’s wide-ranging support for terrorism, its destabilizing activities in the …

Iran-HRM – IRGC military forces are targeting the eyes of the protesters in the street with their bullets Nearly 150 days have passed since the start of the nationwide protests in Iran. In these 5 months, more than 600 protesters have been injured and lost one or both eyes due to the deliberate shooting of the security forces. Hossein Nader …

CHRI – A new petition launched by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) calls on European Union (EU) countries to support the women and girls of Iran, who are facing severe and violent repression, by summoning Iranian ambassadors in unison on International Women’s Day. An official joint letter, endorsed by 39 women’s and human rights organizations from around the globe …

RFL/RE – Iranian labor rights activist Narges Mansuri says she has been on a hunger strike since January 29 to protest the “anti-human behavior of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” In a voice message sent from Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, Mansuri said she started her hunger strike, despite suffering from chronic illnesses, because she was banned from meeting her child, was threatened …

RFL/RE – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in China on February 14 for a three-day visit, flanked by a large delegation that includes his central bank chief and ministers for trade, the economy, and oil. Raisi will hold talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in the capital Beijing, with the pair expected to sign a number of “cooperation documents,” …