Radiofarda – Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian says widespread blackouts would be inevitable as the country experiences its driest year in five decades. Ardakanian also cautioned that 334 cities with their nearly 35 million population are going to grapple with “water crisis” next summer. The volume of water flowing into Iran’s damns is 43 percent lower than usual, leading to …

Radiofarda – A court in Bahrain revoked the citizenship of 115 people and gave 53 of them life sentences on terrorism charges, the public prosecutor said on Tuesday, in one of the most severe rulings yet in the Gulf island kingdom.

Iran-HRM -Two prisoners were publicly hanged today in Mashhad, capital of Khorasan Province in northeastern Iran, according to the state-run Rokna news agency. The who have not been named by the state media were convicted of raping.  

Iran-HRM – Fatemeh Mulayan, Sina Ghanbari’s mother says that when they were putting Sina in the grave, and while surrounded by security agents, she had uncovered his head and saw signs of broken skull and smashed left eye. On Saturday, Feb. 5, 2018, Sina’s body was found by prisoners who went for cleaning toilets in the bathroom of Quarantine section …

Iran-HRM – A prisoner by the name of Davood Jahankiri aka Davood Sari, committed suicide on Saturday, May 10, 2018 after he was transferred to another ward on the order of the head of the Rajaie Shar Prison in Karaj; he died.

Iran-HRM – Reports indicate that teachers’ rights advocate Mohammad Habibi has been held in an IRGC intelligence solitary confinement where he has endured torture. A detained teacher who had seen Mohammad Habibi on May 11 when he appeared in the Evin Court says he was in poor physical condition. His hands were numb and he could barely walk. His face …

Iran-HRM – Four prisoners were executed on Monday, May 14, 2018 in the cities of Ilam, Zahedan and Urmia. All of the victims were found guilty of murder.

RFL/RE – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hailed as “very good and constructive” the meeting he had on May 15 in Brussels with the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini. Zarif was in Brussels on the final stop of a global tour aimed at rallying support for a landmark 2015 nuclear between Tehran and six world powers in …

RFL/RE – U.S. President Donald Trump has offered to help a Chinese technology giant that says it’s being pushed out of business by U.S. penalties over its alleged violations of sanctions against Iran.

VOA — The United States Navy is closely watching Iranian behavior in the Gulf and expects a “period of uncertainty” and increased level of alertness after President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from an international nuclear deal with Iran, the U.S. Navy chief said on Monday.