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@ايران اينترنشنال: Brad Cooper, commander of CENTCOM, announced that U.S. forces have struck over 10,000 military targets in Iran, emphasizing that we are ahead of schedule in achieving our military objectives. The CEN

Brad Cooper, commander of CENTCOM, announced that U.S. forces have struck over 10,000 military targets in Iran, destroying 92 percent of the Iranian navy's largest vessels and reducing drone and missile launches by more than 90 percent, ahead of schedule in achieving military objectives.

Mar 25, 2026

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@Masih Alinejad 🏳️: Authorities in Iran forced them to confess and then charged them with “enmity against God” to fast-track their execution. This Iranian woman forced into confession, denied medical care. Her name is

Venus Hosseini-Nejad, a 28-year-old Baha’i member from Kerman, was arrested by the IRGC and forced to confess on state television; she is now charged with “enmity against God” and denied medical care, according to her family.

Mar 25, 2026

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@Open Source Intel: Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: What is all this destruction achieving? What has been the outcome of this first month of war?

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez questioned the outcomes and destruction resulting from the first month of the conflict between the Iranian regime and US military operations.

Mar 25, 2026

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@Mohamad Ahwaze: Zahra Hojjat was arrested in the city of Mashhad, an activist who works to support girls with special needs, due to her refusal to allow the headquarters of her center to be used by the Islamic Revolu

Zahra Hojjat, an activist supporting girls with special needs, was arrested in Mashhad for refusing to allow the headquarters of her center to be used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Basij.

Mar 24, 2026

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@ايران اينترنشنال: Zahra Hojat, the head of the Hadem Rehabilitation Institute in Mashhad, was arrested after being beaten and transferred to an undisclosed location for opposing the deployment of IRGC forces at the cen

Zahra Hojat, the head of the Hadem Rehabilitation Institute in Mashhad, was arrested and beaten after opposing the deployment of IRGC forces at the center and protesting the use of children with disabilities as human shields.

Mar 24, 2026

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@𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎: The IRGC invaded the orphan rehab clinic belonging to Dr. Zahra Hojjat, Director of Hamdam Rehabilitation Institute in Mashhad. They wanted to station 50 islamic terrorists in her building. She refus

The IRGC invaded the Hamdam Rehabilitation Institute in Mashhad, the clinic belonging to Dr. Zahra Hojjat, to station 50 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members there. Dr. Hojjat refused, leading to her beating and arrest; her current whereabouts are unknown.

Mar 24, 2026

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@ايران اينترنشنال: Zahra Hojat, the head of the Hemdam Rehabilitation Institute in Mashhad, has been beaten and arrested due to her opposition to the deployment of the IRGC at this center and using its children as human

Zahra Hojat, the head of the Hemdam Rehabilitation Institute in Mashhad, has been beaten and arrested for opposing the deployment of the IRGC at the center and using its children as human shields; her current location is unknown.

Mar 24, 2026

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@ایران وایر: IranWire has learned that Shakila Qasemi, a detained Baha’i citizen, has been in solitary confinement for fifty days since her arrest. According to a source close to her family, this prisoner of cons

Shakila Qasemi, a 26-year-old Baha’i citizen, has been in solitary confinement for 50 days since her arrest in Kerman on January 23, 2026. She was initially detained by the IRGC Intelligence for 47 days before being transferred to prison, where she remains isolated.

Mar 23, 2026

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@RadioFarda‌|‌راديو فردا: 🔸Shirin Ebadi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, wrote on Sunday, March 21, warning of the imminent danger to the lives of prisoners in Iran amid wartime conditions, stating that "according to informat

On Sunday, March 21, 2025, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi warned of imminent danger to prisoners in Iran's Evin Prison due to wartime conditions, citing a severe reduction in prison staff and the risk of an Israeli airstrike. Fakhr-e Sadat Mohadeshami-Pour, wife of Mostafa Tajzadeh, reported that political and security prisoners' phone communications and in-person visits with families have been restricted since the onset of the 12-day war.

Mar 23, 2026

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@𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎: This is a real story. The IRGC beat and arrested a woman who runs a rehab center for disabled orphan girls, because she refused to allow dozens of islamic terrorists to occupy her building. Imagine

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) beat and arrested a woman who runs a rehabilitation center for disabled orphan girls in Iran after she refused to allow dozens of Islamic militants to occupy her facility.

Mar 22, 2026

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@ايران اينترنشنال: As the war continues into its fourth week, human rights activists have expressed grave concern over the health and conditions of prisoners in Iran, particularly in Evin Prison, and have issued warning

Human rights activists have expressed grave concern over the health and conditions of prisoners in Iran, particularly in Evin Prison, as the conflict enters its fourth week.

Mar 22, 2026

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@Masih Alinejad 🏳️: Remember that viral video? A grieving father walking through body bags, searching for his 25 year-old son, Sepehr Shokri who was killed in recent uprising. Now: Father arrested. Mother threatened wi

A grieving father who appeared in a viral video searching for his 25-year-old son, Sepehr Shokri, who was killed during the recent uprising in Iran, has been arrested. The mother has also been threatened with gang rape.

Mar 22, 2026