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A group of families of Iranian political prisoners killed in the 1980s and Baha'is have launched a campaign condemning the Intelligence Ministry for pressuring Baha'i families to bury their dead in the mass graves occupied by prisoners executed in the 1988 massacre.
Iranian authorities have arrested at least three political activists who spoke at a Clubhouse event during which rights advocates, political prisoners, and academics called for a transition to a new, democratic political system.
Meanwhile, three student activists summoned to court, a special committee set up to suppress pro-protest artists and athletes, and Iraq and Turkey import $17.6bn non-oil products from Iran
One of the first frontiers of CRISPR gene editing is targeting diseases related to the eye. A diverse Morgridge and UW-Madison team is working to make future applications precise, safe and reproducible.
Iranian activists have warned that the government could use a visit to Iran by a special UN rapporteur for propaganda purposes. The UN rapporteur, Alena Douhan, has also faced controversy in the past over her visits to autocratic countries.