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Iranwire – A female member of the Construction Engineering Organization of Tehran province flung away her headscarf at the election of its board of directors after she was barred from running because she did not wear the mandatory hijab. A video that went viral on social media on February 17 shows the mainly men audience applauding when Zainab Kazempour threw …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have detained a prominent Kurdish labor activist and transferred him to a detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence, IranWire has learned. Osman Esmaili was arrested in the northwestern city of Saqqez on February 8 without a judicial warrant. Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Saqqez told the family he was being held at …

Iranwire – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says Iranian authorities have arrested at least 95 journalists since the eruption of anti-government protests five months ago, and more than half of them, at least 48, had their devices seized. The number of device seizures is believed to be much higher, since Iranian security forces are known to intimidate witnesses to …

Iranwire – An Iranian news outlet affiliated with the Supreme National Security Council has confirmed a US media report that indirect negotiations under way between the United States and Iran on a possible prisoner swap. “With Washington’s request and Tehran’s agreement, indirect and productive negotiations have been conducted, but the finalization of the negotiated agreements requires their honesty and non-politicization,” …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The US Congress urgently needs to pass legislation introduced by the Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that will “prohibit the Biden administration from waiving Congressional sanctions that prohibit cooperation on Iran’s nuclear program.” It is stunning that the Biden Administration is offering Iran’s mullahs sanction waivers for their nuclear program while the Iranian regime is openly getting closer to …