RFL/RE – President Donald Trump has offered a message of solidarity to people subjected to “oppression and religious persecution” around the world. Speaking on February 8 at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Trump named Iran as one of the countries whose people are suffering at the hands of the authorities. “We know that millions of people in Iran, Cuba, …

Iran-HRM – Minor offender Mohammad Reza Haddadi, who endured 15 years on death row for a crime he committed under the age of 15, is reported to be in a dire physical and mental health in a hospital.

Iran-HRM – Student protesters Ibrahim Moradi and Matin Khaledi, who were detained during the December-January protests in Urmia, were transferred to Urmia Central Prison after the end of their interrogations.  They are currently being kept in the Youth Section of the prison.

Amnesty – Iranian women human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and Atena Daemi started a hunger strike on 3 February in protest at their transfer to a prison where women convicted of violent offences are held in inhumane conditions. Earlier, on 27 January, human rights defender Arash Sadeghi started a hunger strike to demand that they …

Amnesty – A 21-year old Iranian man Abolfazl Naderi is at risk of execution in Arak’s prison, Markazi province. Abolfazl Naderi was 16 years old at the time of his arrest and was sentenced to death after a grossly unfair trial, based on “confessions” which he claims were made under torture. For the report please click on the link: http://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1378592018ENGLISH.pdf

Iran Human Rights –  At least one prisoner was hanged at Rajai Shahr Prison on murder charges. According to a close source, on the morning of Wednesday, February 7, at least one prisoner was executed at Rajai Shahr Prison. The prisoner, identified as Mohammad Karimi from Varamin, was sentenced to death on murder charges. “Mohammad murdered a relative during a …

CHRI – Mohammad Reza Hashemi-Nabi, a permanent resident of the UK, has been held in solitary confinement in Iran’s Evin Prison for more than a year without access to a lawyer, his mother informed the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Hashemi-Nabi, 47, was arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on …

Al-Monitor -The air in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan is no longer safe to breathe. Although the region has been dealing with dust and sandstorms for over a decade, it seems that the situation has only become a crisis in recent years. Iran’s petroleum hub of Khuzestan borders Iraq. The province was a front line during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War …

Al-Monitor – February 11 — 22 Bahman in Iran — marks the 10 days between the return of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to the country after 15 years in exile and the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Every year for the occasion, government-organized gatherings across the country rally conservatively inclined Iranians and a handful of unique characters who attend for …

PayvandNews – Co-hosted by Central Bank of Iran (CBI), the second round of Euromoney Iran Conference will kick off in the France’s capital on Thursday, IRNA reported. Heading a delegation comprised of CBI and Finance Ministry’s scholars and experts, Iranian Deputy Finance Minister Mohammad Khazaie will attend this year’s event. Euromoney Iran Conference 2018 The conference aims to bring together Iranian bankers …