Amnesty – Iran’s authorities have used crude propaganda tactics to dehumanize death penalty victims in the eyes of the public and divert attention away from the deeply flawed trials that led to their death sentences, said Amnesty International in a new report published today. Broadcasting injustice, boasting of mass killing highlights how the Iranian authorities embarked on a media campaign …

Amnesty – On 2 August 2016, 25 Sunni men were executed in Iran for the vaguely worded crime of “enmity against God” without their families being notified. The authorities issued statements that attributed to the men a range of criminal activities and aired “confession” videos seemingly intended to dehumanize them. Amnesty International’s research shows that Iran’s justice system blatantly violated …

Al-monitor – The signing of a heads of agreement (HOA) between Paris-based Total SA, China National Petroleum Corp. and Iran’s Petropars on the development of phase 11 of the South Pars gas field is an important development in post-sanctions Iran. In fact, the country had been deprived of Western technology in its petroleum sector since the departure of major European …

PayvandNews  – While air pollution in Tehran has reached critical levels for seven days in a row officials keep shifting the blame onto each other. The air quality indices have surged up so much so that all healthy people are likely to experience irritation or discomfort while breathing as well as those with heart and lung condition. Moreover pre-elementary and …

PayvandNews – Donald Trump’s rumored picks for key foreign-policy positions have already set off alarm bells about the future administration’s embrace of war hawks and Islamophobes. Today, Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin pointed out that former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is currently reported to be under consideration for an appointment to secretary of state or attorney general, …

RFL/RE – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said his country is indifferent to the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, saying Tehran has witnessed hostility from both Democrats and Republicans. “We don’t mourn or celebrate because [the results] make no difference to us,” Khamenei said in a November 16 speech in the central city of Isfahan. “We are …

RFL/RE – The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation to renew a decades-old Iran sanctions law and impose new sanctions on supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The legislation passed quickly on a 419-1 vote, showing broad support on Capitol Hill for maintaining economic pressure on Tehran and punishing backers of the Syrian government. The bills were sponsored …

alarabiya -Commander of Iran’s Basij forces Mohammad Reza Naghdi has said that the United States will collapse in less than 20 years and that President-elect Donald Trump will speed up the process. “According to the analysis made by the behind-the-stage and shadow decision-makers of the establishment in the US, the United States will collapse in 2035 and I think that …

alarabiya -A UN committee on Tuesday urged Iran to cease enforced disappearances and the widespread use of arbitrary detention and has expressed serious concern about severe limitations on freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief. The General Assembly’s human rights committee approved the measure by a vote of 85 in favor, 35 against and 63 countries abstaining. The assembly …

Iran Human Rights -Iranian authorities executed at least nine prisoners. Eight of the prisoners were reportedly hanged on drug related charges. On the morning of Sunday November 13, three unidentified prisoners were reportedly hanged at Rasht’s Lakan Prison (Gilan province, northern Iran) and six prisoners were reportedly hanged at Urmia’s Darya Prison (West Azerbaijan province, northwestern Iran). According to the …