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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 …

Iranwire – The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan resolution expressing solidarity with Iranian anti-government protesters amid a bloody crackdown by the Islamic Republic on dissent. The 420-1 vote marked the latest round of international condemnation against the Iranian authorities, whose clampdown on more than four months of widespread protests has killed hundreds of people. “The murderous …

Iran-HRM – Shoaib Mir Baluchzehi Rigi is an 18-year-old Baluch citizen from Zahedan. He was arrested during the nationwide protests, on October 5, 2022, and since the Iranian Judiciary sentenced him to Moharebeh (War on God) he is at risk of execution. Shoaib Mir Baluchzehi Rigi, son of Sharif, was born on February 7, 2004, and is a third-year high …

Al-Arabia – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called on the Iranian government to provide answers about the death and burial of British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari who was executed by Iran earlier this month. “The regime is prolonging the suffering of the family and it is sadly typical of that disregard for basic human dignity,” Sunak told parliament. “Iran must …