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RFL/RE – Iranian film producer Javad Norouzbeigi says a legal case has been filed against him due to the production of his banned prizewinning film, Leila’s Brothers. The semiofficial ISNA news agency quoted Javad Norouzbeigi as saying that he was summoned to the prosecutor’s office, “where the title of the accusation against me was the production of Leila’s Brothers.”Before its release last …

Iranwire – Abbas Dehghan, a member of Iran’s Gonabadi Dervish religious minority, was released after spending almost five years behind bars. Photos sent to IranWire show Dehghan’s relatives and a large group of Gonabadi dervishes, who are Sufi Muslims, welcoming him after his release from Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. Dehghan is a co-founder of Majzooban Noor, a website that covers …

Iranwire – IranWire recently reported that 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 anti-government demonstrations. The report concluded that such actions by the security forces could constitute a “crime against humanity,” as defined by Article 7 of …

Iranwire – Iranian judicial officials have charged a Baha’i couple with “acting against national security” and “communicating with enemy governments,” amid an intensified crackdown on members of the religious minority. Pouya Amri and his wife Nafisa Sa’adatyar were arrested on January 21 by intelligence agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) at their house in the northern city of …

Iranwire – An Iranian provincial governor has said that Iranian women with a loose hijab will not be allowed to enter government offices, shopping centers and other commercial units, amid more than four months of nationwide protests demanding more freedoms and women’s rights. Laws enforcing mandatory hijab-wearing have become a flashpoint during the protests triggered by the September death of …