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Al-Monitor – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani said on Tuesday that his country “reserves the right to legal pursuit” against the United States for hosting the Persian-language TV news network Iran International.  “We do strongly advise the US government to be aware of the consequences under international law in hosting a terrorist, violence-promoting, pseudo media outlet,” Kanani declared in comments …

RFL/RE – An Iranian foundation has praised the man who attacked novelist Salman Rushdie last year, leaving him severely injured, and said it will reward him with 1,000 square meters of agricultural land, state TV reported on February 21 through its Telegram channel. Rushdie, 75, lost an eye and the use of one hand following the assault by a 24-year-old …

RFL/RE – Iranian authorities say they have arrested a police officer over the killing of a Kurdish youth in a rare move against security forces who have been leading a brutal crackdown against anti-government protesters. The first official reports on February 18 said Mokhtar Fathi was killed by direct fire from police in the city of Saghez, the hometown of Mahsa Amini, …

Iranwire – On February 15, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) presented its Press Freedom Award to Iranian journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who have been imprisoned for publishing reports about the death and the funeral of Mahsa Amini. Shahram Rafizadeh, an Iranian journalist, received the award from Canadian writer and poet Margaret Atwood on behalf of her two …

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 …