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Iran Urged To Free Baha’i Poet “Unjustly” Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

Iranwire – The Australian chapter of PEN International, a freedom of expression group, has strongly condemned the detention of award-winning Baha’i writer and poet Mahvash Sabet in Tehran’s Evin Prison, where she is being held in solitary confinement, and the 10-year prison sentence handed down against her. Sabet, aged 69, was arrested in July and, on December 10, according to the Baha’i …

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Jailed Iranian Rapper Salehi To Be Defended By Lawyers Of His Choice

Iranwire – Iran’s judiciary has allowed Toomaj Salehi, a jailed dissident rapper who is facing charges that carry death sentences, to be represented by lawyers of his choice, one of the lawyers says. The 32-year-old Salehi has gained notoriety for lyrics that rail against corruption, widespread poverty and state executions in Iran. He was arrested two months ago after releasing …

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Iranian Writer Sentenced to Death

VOA – An Iranian writer-illustrator has been sentenced to death by the country’s Revolutionary Court. Mehdi Bahman was arrested in October for a television interview with an Israeli TV station in April. He was reported to have been critical of Iran in his interview with Channel 13. Details about his sentence have not yet been released, according to VOA’s Farsi …

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No, Iran Nuclear Deal Is Not Yet Dead and Russia Is Helping Iran Go Nuclear

gatestoneinstitute.org – Evidently the lethal nuclear deal that will enable Iran to have all the nuclear weapons it wants and missiles with which to deliver them — and for which the Obama and Biden administrations have been pining for nearly a decade so that, most likely, Iran will not try them out on their watch but wait for somebody else’s …

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Milad Armoun, victim of injustice and possible execution by Iran

Iran-HRM – Milad Armoun, a 24-year-old citizen of Tehran’s Ekbatan area, has been arrested since November 3, 2022, for taking part in nationwide protests. Milad has been sentenced to death by Iran’s judiciary. One friend who knows him well said, Milad is just about the gentlest person you find in Ekbatan. He works in a garment boutique here and his …

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