A London-based Human Rights Organizations in a report published on May 16 says Iranian authorities have pressured the families of those killed during the November 2019 protests to settle for proposals of money and "martyrdom" instead of justice.
A Revolutionary Court in Iran has sentenced seven followers of the Bahai faith to a total of 33 years in prison, Iran Human Rights News Agency (HRANA) reported on May 14.
Iran has sentenced French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah to six years in prison on national security charges, her lawyer said on Saturday.
Iran's official news agency IRNA on May 16 confirmed that there had been an attempt to break into the tomb of Esther and Mordechai, a holy Jewish site in Hamedan, but removed the report from its website two hours after its publication.
In a virtual conference of representatives from Islamic countries on Thursday, Iran's Minister of Education blamed U.S. sanctions for shortages of online teaching tools during coronavirus lockdown.
Iran's Health Ministry spokesman on May 15 said the number of COVID-19 cases is expected to increase in Lorestan, Sistan and Baluchestan and East Azarbaijan provinces in the coming days as the total number of cases in the country rose up to nearly 117,000.
The Chinese mission to the United Nations in New York on May 14 said the United States "has no longer a right to extend an arms embargo in Iran, let alone to trigger snapback".
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) has proposed a “coronavirus peace plan” between the United States and Iran to prevent instability during the global pandemic.
In its newly released Global Maritime Advisory (GMA), the U.S. government has advised the world's shipping lines to be vigilant about "Iran's, North Korea's and Syria's deceptions".
The United States is considering measures it could take in response to Iran's shipment of fuel to crisis-stricken Venezuela, a senior official in President Donald Trump's administration told Reuters on Thursday.
International media-freedom watchdogs are urging Iran to stop jailing members of the press arbitrarily, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic.
Amnesty International has called on the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran to determine the status of four prisoners sentenced to death who have been transferred from prison to unknown locations.
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