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Iran: more labor leaders arrested

Several trade unionists have been arrested by the intelligence police in Iran, as part of the government’s effort to impose the Islamic Labor Council to undermine independent unions.

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Iran: labor leaders flogged, arrested

Judicial authorities in Iran carried out lashing sentences against labor leaders Shiva Kheirabadi and Sosuan Razani for their participation in May Day events last year, while several more unionists were arrested.

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Iranian dissidents to US: thanks, but no thanks

Human rights activists in Iran say the US “regime change” campaign has prompted Tehran to turn up the heat on internal dissent—and makes it easier to tar activists as American agents.

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Iran: Baha’is targeted in espionage trial

Seven members of the Baha’i faith will stand trial in Iran on charges of “spying for Israel” and “desecrating Islam and campaigning against the Islamic Republic,” the official ISNA agency reports.

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Amnesty International called for the release of Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, detained since June, and her husband Reza Khandan, who was arrested this week. Reza Khandan was charged with spreading propaganda against the system, colluding to commit crimes against national security, and promoting the practice of appearing in public without a veil. Her actual crime was representing women facing prison time for peacefully protesting against the Islamic Republic's compulsory hijab law. Khandan had raised concerns on Facebook about rights violations in Iran, and publicly campaigned for the release of his wife. Amnesty International director for the Middle East and North Africa, Philip Luther said, "These callous actions illustrate the lengths to which Iranian authorities will go to silence human rights lawyers, even targeting their families." (Photo: Center for Human Rights in Iran)

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Iran sentences four in alleged US-backed coup plot

Tehran’s Revolutionary Court convicted four Iranians in an alleged CIA plot to overthrow the Iranian government. The court said the four had confessed; the US State Department called the claim “baseless.”

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Baluch militants heat up Iran, Pakistan

Militant attacks are reported from both the Pakistani and Iranian sides of the divided Baluchistan region. An armed attack on Pakistani police in Quetta follows a suicide attack on an Iranian police post in Saravan.

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Iran: human rights worker arrested in sweep of Baha’is

Jinous Sobhani, secretary of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran, was one of six followers of the Baha’i faith detained by Iranian authorities. Computers, files and literature were confiscated in the raids.

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Rafah refugee camp burns

US President Donald Trump issued an executive order reimposing certain sanctions against Iran. In a press statement, the White House criticized the Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) of July 2015, signed by Iran, Germany, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and the EU. The US withdrew from the JCPOA in May, prompting a legal challenge from Iran before the International Court of Justice. The White House stated that JCPOA "threw a lifeline of cash to a murderous dictatorship that has continued to spread bloodshed, violence, and chaos." The administration claims Iran used funds obtained from the JCPOA to fund nuclear-capable missiles, terrorism, and to support conflict abroad. (Map: Myket.ir)