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Iranwire – The health of a French-Irish national imprisoned in Iran for more than four months is “getting worse,” with his eyesight starting to fail, his sister says. Bernard Phélan “can’t see clearly anymore,” after cornea surgery last year, Caroline Masse-Phélan said in a written statement to AFP news agency on February 7. Phélan, who suspended a dry hunger strike …

Iranwire – Despite threats and crackdowns by the government of the Islamic Republic in the 43 years since the 1979 revolution, protests by teachers and workers have never stopped, even though the authorities have prevented them from creating independent trade associations and pursuing their demands. Many labor activists and teachers have been sentenced to long prison terms, expulsion, exile and …

Iranwire – Iran and Russia have not been invited to send an official delegation to this year’s annual Munich Security Conference, which is to be attended by figures from the Iranian and Russian opposition instead. The event, a leading international forum for the discussion of global military and security issues, is set to take place in the German city on …

CHRI – More than four months into the Islamic Republic’s violent suppression of nationwide protests in Iran, in which hundreds have been killed in the streets by state security forces and scores sentenced to death, governments worldwide can and must take urgent actions to signal to the authorities in Iran that their violent repression will carry onerous costs, states a …

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement USCIRF Cmmr @Skleinbaum stated: “Iran’s prisoner amnesty is an admission that it should never have arrested thousands of citizens for protesting mandatory hijab laws. “ USCIRF Cmmr @Skleinbaum: "Iran's prisoner amnesty is an admission that it should never have arrested thousands of citizens for protesting mandatory hijab laws. The US gov must continue to …