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VOA – The United Nations children’s agency issued a statement Sunday condemning “the violence and abuse that have reportedly claimed the lives of over 50 children and injured many more during the public unrest in Iran.” The agency said it is “deeply concerned about continued raids and searches conducted in some schools” and said that “schools must always be safe …

RFL/RE – Iranian authorities have arrested a niece of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after she recorded a video describing the authorities led by her uncle as a “murderous and child-killing regime.” Farideh Moradkhani comes from a branch of the family that has a record of opposition to Iran’s clerical leadership and has herself been jailed previously in the country. …

Iranwire – Iranian police have arrested sports journalist Mehdi Amirpour and moved him to the notorious Evin prison, the reporter’s wife said on Saturday.  Security forces raided Amirpour’s house at 2 am on Sunday, confiscated his electronic devices and arrested him after he posted about Iranian athletes’ support for the ongoing protests on his social media accounts.  With the 2022 World Cup in …

Iranwire – In a speech on November 22, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the Basij paramilitary force for their key role in the bloody crackdown on antigovernment demonstrations, and urged them to keep their morale “high” as the more than two-month-old protest movement showed no sign of easing. Addressing Basij militiamen and their commanders, Khamenei ended his one-hour …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have indicted rapper Toomaj Salehi with “corruption on earth” and “enmity against God,” two charges that carry death sentences, his Twitter account says. Salehi, who has criticized the Islamic Republic through his lyrics, was arrested nearly a month ago amid a wave of nationwide protests against the clerical regime. Salehi was informed of the charges against …