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Iranwire – A court in Iran has sentenced to death an Iranian-German national who has spent more than 1,000 days in solitary confinement. Jamshid Sharmahd, who also has U.S. residency, was convicted of the charge of “corruption on Earth by planning and directing terrorist acts,” the public relations department of the judiciary of Tehran province said on February 21. It …

Iranwire – As IranWire has reported, hundreds of Iranians have sustained severe eye injuries after being hit by pellets, tear gas cannisters, paintball bullets or other projectiles used by security forces amid a bloody crackdown on mainly peaceful demonstrations. Doctors say that, as of now, at least 580 protesters have lost one or both eyes in Tehran and in Kurdistan alone. …

Iranwire – Iranian political prisoner Mohammad Abolhasani has gone on a hunger strike to protest his “inhumane conditions of detention,” IranWire has learned. On February 20, murder suspects were moved to the political prisoners’ ward of Qazvin’s Chubin prison, in northwestern Iran, where they threatened to kill Abolhasani, according to an informed source. The source quoted one prisoner as telling …

Iranwire – Hundreds of Iranians have taken to the streets of Brussels to voice support for nationwide protests in Iran and urge the European Union to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. The February 20 demonstration comes as EU foreign ministers are set to discuss new sanctions on the Islamic Republic over its bloody crackdown …

VOA – The British government summoned Iran’s most senior diplomat in London on Monday to protest what it said were serious threats against journalists living in Britain, as ministers launched a new security review into Iranian activities. On Saturday, a London-based television station critical of the Iranian government said it was moving its live broadcasting studios to the United States …