CHRI – At least 20 ethnic Baluchis were killed and 19 wounded after being shot by law enforcement agents who were allegedly pursuing suspected traffickers in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province in 2017, according to a local human rights group. 

CHRI – The wife of a Swedish resident imprisoned in Tehran has revealed the way her husband, Ahmadreza Djalali, was coerced into making potentially incriminating statements before he was sentenced to deathfor allegedly engaging in espionage.

CHRI – Up to 5,000 people facing death in Iran could be saved as a result of a recently revised law–but there’s a catch. Here’s the story of an emerging Iranian policy regarding capital punishment.

Al-Monitor – was in the Italian city of Milan on April 15, 2015, when I decided to attend the local soccer match at San Siro Stadium. Milan had been one my favorite teams since childhood, and San Siro seemed like a good choice for my first time seeing a soccer game live at an arena. Since emigrating from Iran in 2012, I had often …

PayvandNews – In light of International Women’s Day, the exhibition “From Evin, With Love” will open on March 9, 2018 in The Hague, Netherlands, presenting the handicrafts of Imprisoned Iranian women activists. The exhibition will run through April 6, 2018 and will feature a number of prominent Iranian and foreign speakers as well as a performance by Nasrin Hobby & Ensemble.

RFL/RE – A senior Iranian official says the West must ensure that the 2015 nuclear deal is a success before his country can begin to discuss other issues affecting the Middle East region. Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told a conference in Paris on February 8 that the key to future negotiations on matters such as Tehran’s regional activities and …

OHCHR – United Nations human rights experts* have repeated their urgent call to Iran to annul the death sentence against Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali amid reports that his latest legal attempt to challenge the sentence has been rejected.

RFL/RE – The Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called upon government officials to get serious about confronting corruption, but conceded that “fighting corruption and oppression is very difficult.” Speaking at a gathering of Air Force commanders and personnel February 8, Khamenei said the fight against corruption should take priority for public officials. “Combatting corruption and tyranny is an …

RFL/RE – The reformist fraction in the Iranian Parliament has once again dragged Saeed Toosi, known as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s favorite Quran reciter, into the spotlight.

RFL/RE – For the first time in the presidency of Donald Trump, the U.S. signaled its willingness in December to do a prisoner swap with Iran, Wall Street Journal reported on February 8. But Tehran has reportedly not responded to three attempts by Washington to engage in negotiations that could lead to freedom for at least four American citizens charged …