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10 December

Hardline MP Says Half Of Parliament Bent On Overthrowing Regime

Radiofarda – A former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and current MP has accused 50% of his colleagues in Majles (Iranian parliament) of seeking the demise of the Iranian regime.

10 December

Iran Can Expand Range of Ballistic Missiles- Guards Commander

Radiofarda – Iran has the ability to build ballistic missiles with a broader range, a senior commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Monday, according to the semi-official Fars News agency.

10 December

MP Says ‘American Spies’ Visited Iran As Civilian Experts

Radiofarda – Members of a “US military group” who visited Iran were “presumably” spies, the chairman of the Public Works Commission of Iran’s parliament has said.

10 December

ANALYSIS: Taking stock of Iran’s track record on Human Rights Day

Al-Arabia – Human Rights Day, marked on December 10, is a wake-up call for the world as human rights violations are the order of the day for suppressive regimes around the globe. The Iranian regime has by far exceeded others in abusing its own citizens.

10 December

US State Department slams Iran’s Khamenei on Anti-Corruption Day

Al-Arabia – The US State Department on Sunday criticized the rampant corruption in Iran saying the Iranian government was “full of corrupt hypocrites.”

10 December

Price Hikes Put Iran’s Middle Class In Dire Straits

Iran-HRM – Rising consumer goods prices in less than six months has caused people especially the middle class to get poorer.

10 December

China Summons U.S. Ambassador As Huawei Defends Iran Operations

RFL/RE – China has summoned the U.S. ambassador to Beijing to protest the detention by Canada of a senior Chinese electronics executive at the request of the United States.

10 December

Regional Rivals Saudi Arabia, Iran Trade Accusations Amid Ongoing Tensions

RFL/RE – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has accused regional rival Iran of meddling in other countries’ affairs, as he addressed a regional summit in Riyadh.

10 December

Iran Holds Melbourne University Academic On ‘Infiltration’ Charge

RFL/RE – Iran has detained an Australian-based academic on charges of trying to “infiltrate” Iranian institutions, state media said.

10 December

Oppressive, sexist policies galvanize bold fight for women’s rights in 2018

Amnesty – Women activists around the world have been at the forefront of the battle for human rights in 2018, Amnesty International said today as it launched its review on the state of human rights over the past year.

10 December

MENA: Women activists defiant in face of repressive crackdowns

Amnesty – Overview of situation for women human rights defenders across the Middle East and North Africa in 2018 available here

10 December

Five women leading the struggle for human rights in 2018

Amnesty – In December 2018, hundreds of thousands of ordinary people all over the world will come together to write letters, scribble postcards, draw pictures and send emails – all of them focused on one thing: making change happen.

10 December

A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for December 9, 2018

HRNA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on December 9th,2018 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRNA).

10 December

Iran Executions: Prisoner Hanged at Qazvin Prison

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner was hanged at Qazvin Central Prison yesterday.

10 December

Iran Executions: Prisoner Hanged at Karaj Central Prison

Iran Human Rights – A prisoner was hanged at Karaj Central Prison (Nedamatgah) on murder charges. He was denying the accusation during the whole trial process.

9 December

Saudi King Attacks Iran At Gulf Summit, As Qatar Emir Fails To Show Up

Radiofarda – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman opened the annual one-day summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council, urging fellow member states Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, the UAE and Qatar to maintain a united front against Iran and terrorism.

9 December

Students Tell Rouhani ‘Thunder Of Military Boots’ Being Heard Across Iran

Radiofarda – In a letter to President Hassan Rouhani more than 500 student activists have condemned the expanding presence of security agencies and “the deepening atmosphere of repression” dominating universities in Iran.

9 December

U.S. Official Says Future Yemen Should Hold No Iranian-Backed Threat

Radiofarda – While fully supporting peace talks among the warring parties in Yemen, the U.S. does not want any Iranian influence to linger on in the country, a State Department official said in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

9 December

Milk Factory Workers Demand IRGC Give Back Their Lands

Radiofarda – Workers of Pegah milk factory in Tehran gathered in front of the Iranian Judiciary’s headquarters on Saturday to protest the seizure of their lands by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), the foreign-based independent Iranian Labor Union reported.

9 December

Iran Activists Demand Permit To Hold Protest For Long-Detained Ecologists

Radiofarda – In a letter to the governor of Tehran, 72 ecology experts, university professors and activists have demanded a permit to hold a gathering in support of eight environmentalists who have been behind bars since last January, daily Hamshahri reported.

9 December

Iranian Security Arrests Demographers – Are They A Threat Or A Prize?

Radiofarda – Several Iranian and dual national demographers have been reportedly arrested during the past weeks, less than a year after Ian’s security forces arrested dozens of environmentalists on charges of espionage and “corruption on earth”.

9 December

Sanctions will remain inefficient as long as Iranian backdoors are open

Al-Arabia – Almost since its establishment, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been under a permanently sanctioned regime.

9 December

Iran supreme leader urges currency boost amid months-long rial plunge

Al-Arabia – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has “ordered” the central bank to boost the value of rial, the bank’s governor said on Saturday, after a months-long plunge in the currency due to a faltering economy and US sanctions.

9 December

Petrochemical Workers In Iran Issued Prison, Lashing Sentences For Demanding Rights

Iran-HRM – The workers of the Ilam Petrochemical Plant were sentenced to prison and lashes on after being charged with “disrupting public order and peace” on October 14 by the 104th Branch of the Ilam Penal Court.

9 December

Iran Arrests 10 Suspects Over Deadly Suicide Attack

RFL/RE – Iranian security forces have detained 10 people suspected of links to a recent suicide attack in the country’s southeast, police say.

9 December

A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for December 8, 2018

HRNA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on December 8th, 2018 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRNA).

9 December

Iran Executions: 12 Prisoners Hanged in One Day at One Prison

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – 12 prisoners were hanged at Kerman Central Prison Thursday morning.

9 December

Haft Tappeh Labor Activists Beaten at Khuzestan Intelligence Ministry Center, Say Relatives

CHRI – Detained labor activists Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Gholian were beaten during interrogations at the Intelligence Ministry’s detention center in the Iranian city of Shush, Khuzestan Province, according to relatives who visited them on December 4, 2018.

9 December

Iranian men & women teams nominated for the World’s Best National Futsal Teams

PayvandNews – Iran’ men’s and women’s futsal teams have been nominated for the best national team in the world. The Iranian outfits won the AFC Futsal Championship and are vying with eight other teams to win the UMBRO Futsal Award 2018.

8 December

Iran Conservatives Bent On Punishing Outspoken MP

Radiofarda – Iran’s influential Guardian Council (GC) has pressed charges against Tehran’s outspoken MP, Mahmoud Sadeghi, who has accused the council of “financial corruption”, GC’s spokesman disclosed on Friday, December 6.

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