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VOA – Prominent Iranian dissident Hossein Ronaghi and former national soccer team player Voria Ghafouri have been released on bail, according to Iran state media Saturday. The two are among the dozens of prominent rights activists, journalists and lawyers who have been arrested amid Iran’s crackdown on protests that were ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini. Amini, a 22-year-old …

Al-Arabia – Engaging in negotiations with the US will not solve Tehran’s issues with Washington, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday. Khamenei criticized voices calling for talks with the US to help ease the pressure on Tehran amid the ongoing protests. “Some people claim to have political understanding, but their analyzes in newspapers and online really make one …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s political turmoil cast a shadow also over Iran’s second match at the World Cup on Friday, with pro-government fans harassing anti-government fans outside the stadium in Qatar. Unlike in their first match against England, the Iran players sang along to their national anthem before the match against Wales as some fans in the stadium wept. Some Iran …

RFL/RE – Hackers have disrupted the work of Iran’s Fars news agency, one of the main sources of news disseminated by the state during protests over the death of a young woman in police custody in September, the agency said. Fars said its website had been disrupted late on November 25 by a “complex hacking and cyberattack operation…Removing possible bugs…may …

RFL/RE – Human rights groups say Iranian authorities have forced the family of one of the victims killed by security forces during protests in the Kurdish city of Mahabad to bury their son’s body in the middle of the night under strict security measures. The France-based Kurdistan Human Rights Network claimed in a report on November 25 that forces from …