Radiofarda – Iranian Judiciary’s Spokesperson Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei says the country’s most notorious judge, former Tehran prosecutor and Press Court Judge Saeed Mortazavi, has vanished into thin air before going to jail as “accomplice in murder.”
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Iran Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence For Kurdish Opponent
Radiofarda – A branch of Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a Kurdish citizen, his lawyer said in an exclusive interview with Radio Farda’s Mahtab Vahidi Rad. In a statement on February 5, Amnesty International (AI) said, “Ramin Hossein Panahi, from Iran’s Kurdish minority, started a hunger strike on January 27 after he learned that he had …
Read More »Innocent Toddler Shot Dead By State Police In Iran’s Sistan And Baluchestan Province
Iran-HRM – Four individuals including a three-year-old child were shot dead in Dalgan, Sistan and Baluchestan when state police opened fire on a suspected car.
Read More »Amnesty International: Death Penalty In Iran Is Still Worrying
Iran-HRM – In 2017, the number of death sentences and executions carried out declined overall across the world. This is partly due to the measures that have been taken in Iran – one of the top five executioners in the world.
Read More »Arab League Summit Slams Iran, Chemical Weapons Use In Syria
RFL/RE – A summit of the Arab League has called for an international probe into the “criminal” use of chemical weapons in Syria and condemned what it said was Iran’s interference in the affairs of Arab countries. The summit in Saudi Arabia came a day after the United States, along with allies France and Britain, launched air strikes on Syria …
Read More »U.S. Mission In Syria ‘Has Not Changed,’ Troops To Return
RFL/RE – The White House says the U.S. mission in Syria has not changed, reiterating that President Donald Trump wants American troops home “as quickly as possible.”
Read More »Why an Iranian Rights Violator Isn’t in Prison
HRW – It seems that an infamous Iranian prosecutor – someone sentenced to two years in prison for complicity in the death of one person arrested during Iran’s 2009 anti-government protests – has vanished before he could even be arrested. At least, that is what a spokesperson from Iran’s judiciary said on Thursday. “An arrest warrant has been issued but …
Read More »Europe, Trump and the Iran nuclear deal
Al-Arabia – The so-called Iran nuclear deal, a witches’ brew concocted by that most deserving of Nobel peace laureates Barack Obama, has furnished the theme of many bizarre diplomatic twists and turns. The latest is an attempt by sections of the European Union to persuade President Donald Trump to renege on his campaign promise to improve or scrap the “deal.”
Read More »Iran Frees Teacher Activist After Global Criticism of Arrest
VOA — Iran has released a teachers’ rights advocate whose arrest last month on unspecified charges drew criticism from global and Iranian rights activists.
Read More »Imprisoned Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Gives Message of Hope and Strength in Accepting 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize
CHRI — Prisoner of conscience Narges Mohammadi was unable to accept the 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize in person in Columbus, Ohio where the American Physical Society (APS) awarded it to her but she sent a message of hope and strength in a powerful speech. “The path to democracy in Iran lies not through violence, war, or military action by a …
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