RFL/RE – The federal prosecutor’s office in Germany says police have conducted a series searches across the country in connection with investigations into 10 suspected Iranian spies.

CNN – A confidential UN report has concluded that Iran failed to block ballistic missile supplies from being used by Houthi rebels fighting a Saudi-led military coalition in war-torn Yemen. The report, now in the hands of the UN Security Council, does not identify the supplier of the weaponry but says missile debris inspected by UN experts was of Iranian …

RFL/RE – Chinese ships are racing to clean up a massive oil spill after an Iranian tanker sank in the East China Sea. Two ships sprayed chemical agents aimed at dissolving the oil, China Central Television reported on January 15. The 120-square-kilometer oil slick is thought to be made up of heavy fuel that was used to power the Sanchi …

CHRI -Two day after a former senior British politician expressed optimism after discussing the case of imprisoned Iranian-British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with Iranian officials, the Tehran Province prosecutor denied she would soon be released. “Nazanin Zaghari is serving her prison sentence and there’s no discussion about freeing her,” Gholam-Hossein Esmaili told the semi-official Jamaran news agency on January 12, …

Iran Human Rights – Abolfazl Chezahi Sharahi, an underage offender who is sentenced to death on murder charges, has been transferred to solitary confinement and is scheduled to be executed at Qom Central prison on Wednesday. IHR calls on the international community to react before it is too late. According to a close source, the authorities informed Abolfazl Chezahi Sharahi’s …

Iran Human Rights –  While the relatives of Saro Qahremani say he has been murdered in custody and no bullet-hole was seen on his body, Sanandaj Governor claims that Saro Qahremani has been killed during an armed conflict. Iran Human Hights (IHR) once again calls for an independent fact-finding mission. The Committee on the Rights of the Detained (for 2017-2018 …

AL-Monitor – Iran’s air pollution crisis, which claimed more than 4,800 lives in 2016, has become yet another area for scoring political points for both the Reformists and the Principlists, much like almost everything else in Iran. Ever since the Reformists took over the presidency and the capital city, they no longer criticize the administration or the municipality for not …

PayvandNews – Dozens of sports films are competing in the 11th Tehran International FICTS Festival that opened at Felestin Cinema on Monday. A lineup of feature-length, short and documentary films from around the world will go on screen during the 4-day event. “One Day One Child” by Sinan Sertel from Turkey, “Ola Bola” by Chiu Keng Guan from Malaysia, “Requited” by Nerissa …

Al-Arabia – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday Moscow will not support attempts by Washington to modify the Iran nuclear deal. Lavrov spoke days after US President Donald Trump said he would waive nuclear sanctions against Iran for the last time to give Washington and its European allies a chance to fix the “terrible flaws” of the 2015 …

RFL/RE – Iran’s judiciary says that about 465 people are still being detained across the country for taking part in a wave of antigovernment protests that began nearly three weeks earlier. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhosein Mohseni-Ejei also acknowledged that 25 people were killed in violence surrounding the protests that began on December 28. Iran’s Judiciary spokesman Gholamhosein Mohseni-Ejei Tehran prosecutor Abbas …