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Iranwire – Ten Nobel Prize laureates and hundreds of other personalities across the world have joined their voices to urge “unstinting” support for Iranians who are protesting against the Islamic Republic in defiance of a bloody crackdown. “Their victory would mean deliverance from a regime that denies free elections, free speech, due process of law, and personal autonomy in matters …

Iranwire – Azerbaijan’s security forces have arrested 39 people suspected of being part of an Iranian spy network that carried out “acts of sabotage” and used religion to push pro-Iranian propaganda, local media reported. The government APA news agency reported on February 1 that the suspects were arrested as a result of an operation conducted by the Interior Ministry. The …

VOA – Iran’s atomic energy organization on Wednesday dismissed a report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog that said Iran had made an undeclared change to uranium enriching equipment at its Fordow plant. The International Atomic Energy Agency said its inspectors found a modification to an interconnection between two clusters of centrifuges that was substantially different than what Iran had …

VOA – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has vowed that WhatsApp and Instagram will remain blocked in the country, blaming the online platforms for stoking protests that started more than four months ago. The Islamic republic was rocked by major demonstrations after the mid-September death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, after her arrest for allegedly breaching the country’s dress …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – An unnamed man who was sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison. According to Rokna, at least one man was executed in Rajai Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison on February 1. The unnamed man was sentenced to three qisas sentences for the murder of three people in an orchard in Varamin in 2020. Those charged with …