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UN rights chief says ‘full-fledged’ crisis underway in Iran amid crackdown on protesters

By Mostafa Salem, Niamh Kennedy and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Iran is in a “full-fledged human rights crisis” as authorities clamp down on anti-regime dissidents, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Chief Volker Turk. Turk called for “independent, impartial and transparent investigative processes” into violations of human rights in Iran during

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Russia’s State Duma approves bill to ban ‘LGBT propaganda’

By CNN’s Uliana Pavlova Russia’s lower house of parliament passed in the third reading amendments to a law on so-called “LGBT propaganda” on Thursday, expanding liability to all ages. The discriminatory law proposes to ban all Russians from promoting or “praising” homosexual relationships or publicly suggesting that they are “normal.” The original version of the

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US diplomat highlights CNN’s report on ‘unspeakable’ rapes of Iranian activists in detention

CNN By Tamara Qiblawi, Nima Elbagir and Barbara Arvanitidis America’s top diplomat for Iran has highlighted CNN’s investigation into sexual violence that revealed sexual assaults on male and female activists, describing the reports as “unspeakable.” Robert Malley, the US special envoy for Iran, said the the regime would not succeed in its efforts to crush

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US diplomat highlights CNN’s report on ‘unspeakable’ rapes of Iranian activists in detention

By Tamara Qiblawi, Nima Elbagir and Barbara Arvanitidis America’s top diplomat for Iran has highlighted CNN’s investigation into sexual violence that revealed sexual assaults on male and female activists, describing the reports as “unspeakable.” Robert Malley, the US special envoy for Iran, said the the regime would not succeed in its efforts to crush protests

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Nuclear watchdog says Iran enriching up to 60% at underground Fordow nuclear facility

By Tara John and Sugam Pokharel, CNN Iran has begun producing uranium enriched up to 60% in its underground Fordow nuclear facility, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said on Tuesday, bringing the country closer to weapons grade material. “Iran had started producing high enriched uranium — UF6 enriched up to

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