Radiofarda – A service worker for the city of Abadan municipality has set himself on fire to protest living conditions, local labor sources reported.

Iran-HRM – Three human members of Gonabadi Dervish community were sentenced to harsh prison terms after they stood trial in Tehran.

Iran-HRM – Civil rights activist Ali Nouri, has been sentenced to seven and a half years behind bars after being convicted of “assembly, collusion and spreading propaganda against the state” by the branch 26 of Tehran Court headed by Judge Ahmadzadeh. The activist published the news on his Instagram page, sharing a picture of the verdict.

RFL/RE – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas was set to meet with top-level U.S. officials on May 23 for talks expected to center on the consequences of the United States’ withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. Maas was set to meet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House national security adviser John Bolton in …

RFL/RE – Iranian President Hassan Rohani has called for a decades-long stadium ban for women to be lifted, according to his office and media reports.

RFL/RE – The United States has announced sanctions on five Iranians it said provided Yemen’s Huthi rebel group with expertise and weaponry used to launch missiles at Saudi Arabia.

Al-Arabia – “No more cost-free expansions of Iranian power” perfectly sums up the Trump administration’s new policy toward the Iranian regime and its menacing expansion in the Middle East. The speech of the newly minted US Secretary of State, Mike Pomepo, from the pulpit of the Heritage Foundation – a Washington-based right wing think-tank and a creation of the Reagan …

VOA —  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed Tuesday to bring home American detainees in Iran, saying “the entire United States government” is working “diligently” and is utilizing “every avenue” and “mechanism.”

Iran Human Rights – A prisoner was hanged at Isfahan Central Prison on murder charges last week. According to IHR sources, on the morning of Sunday, May 13, a prisoner was hanged at Isfahan Central Prison. The prisoner, identified as Jafar Firouzkhani from Hashtrud city, was sentenced to death on murder charges. A close source told IHR, “Jafar Firouzkhani was …

Al-Monitor – Iranian officials and the normally divided Iranian media have uniformly rejected and ridiculed the May 21 speech by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlining 12 demands of Iran that in essence would fundamentally transform the Islamic Republic.