Vahid Haghanian, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s chief personal aide, in a rare public statement thanked President-elect Ebrahim Raisi’s (Raeesi) competitors Saturday for ensuring “a real and competitive” June 18 ...
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Military candidates in Iran elections raise worry of further IRGC control
A string of military figures on the list of Iranian presidential hopefuls is stirring unease over a possible further militarization of the Islamic Republic’s politics.
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Treatment of Afkari Brothers Amounts to Torture
Vahid and Habib Afkari were transferred to solitary confinement days prior to the execution of their brother Navid Afkari in September 2020, and have since been denied telephone contact ...
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Two brothers of executed Iranian wrestler fear same fate
Eight months after an Iranian wrestler was unjustly executed in Shiraz, his brothers Vahid and Habib Afkari remain in prolonged solitary confinement in the same prison where they’ve also ...
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Iran paper warns of social collapse
Iran’s state-run Eghtesad-e Pouya newspaper has spent the past few days warning officials that a social collapse may be on the horizon as the economic crisis caused by the ...
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Iran threatens to kill brother of executed Olympic wrestler
Iranian security forces have threatened to kill the brother of Navid Afkari, an Iranian wrestling champion whose execution for participating in anti-regime demonstrations caused global uproar.
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