RFL/RE – A senior U.S. senator says he believes President Donald Trump will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal in May.

IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS- The 10th annual report on the death penalty in Iran by Iran Human Rights (IHR) shows that in 2017 at least 517 people were executed in the Islamic Republic of Iran. With an average of more than one execution every day and more than one execution per 167.000 inhabitants in 2017, Iran remained the country with the …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Guardian Council, a watchdog that vets election candidates and ensures new laws comply with constitutional law, has set 11 new conditions on March 17 for those wishing to run for president in 2021.

Radiofarda – Former Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has once again written a letter to the chief commander of the Quds Force to elaborate on how and why the military unit allegedly paid his former deputy millions of dollars.

Radiofarda – Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on March 20, with the two men likely to discuss strategies to counter Iran’s influence in the Middle East and Gulf region.

Iran-HRM – Government bodies in Kurdistan have started measures to prevent Nowruz celebrations in Kurdistan. According to reports, a few days ago, the police base in the Janvaeh region in Marivan summoned the heads of councils and villages warning them that they should not hold special Nowruz celebrations in the villages.

Iran-HRM – Roheih Nariman and Farzad Delaram, a Baha’i couple residing in Shiraz, were each sentenced to five years of prison on charges of “spreading propaganda against the government” and “membership in the illegal Baha’i group” by the 1st Branch of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Sadati. The couple are parents to a young child and a teenager.

Iran-HRM – Detained minor offender, Mohammad Salehi, who has been sentenced to death and is detained in Mahabad Prison went on hunger strike ten days ago in protest to the violation of his rights in his case proceedings.  He is currently being kept in solitary confinement and was beaten because he refused to end his strike.

Iran-HRM – Baha’i student Vesal Heravi, was expelled before starting his fourth term at a university in Rasht due to his religious beliefs. He was verbally informed that the Education Evaluation Organization had not confirmed his academic qualification and that his expulsion was upon orders of the Ministry of Intelligence.

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Sajjad Baluch, held in the Central Zahedan Prison, has been denied medical attention despite his critical condition and severe back pain. Other reports indicate that political prisoner Rashed Baluch who is also detained in this prison, was severely beaten and tortured after being summoned by agents.