Iran Human Rights –  A close source told Iran Human Rights that Yavar Mohammad Salas, who is sentenced to imprisonment and execution on murder charges and whose sentence has been approved by the Supreme Court, is in imminent danger of execution. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson for IHR, said, “Iranian authorities must stop promoting violence by their policy of arbitrary executions. Mohammad …

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has harshly reacted to the United States’ withdrawal from the nuclear agreement with Iran in strongly worded remarks published on his official website on Wednesday May 9. Describing President Donald Trump’s pullout statement as “vulgar and commonplace,” Khamenei said, “The US President lied at least 10 times in his statement and threatened both the …

Radiofarda – Billions of dollars in business deals between Iran and European companies inked after the 2015 nuclear agreement lifted sanctions on the Islamic Republic are now in jeopardy after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear agreement May 8.

Radiofarda – Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s psychological thriller has played at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival while other Iranian, Russian, and Kazakh films were in the running for the festival’s coveted Palme d’Or award. Starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, Todos Lo Saben (Everybody Knows) is Farhadi’s first movie in Spanish and the first Spanish-language movie to …

Iran-HRM – “Prostitution is not a new phenomenon but identifying what causes it, is an important job,” said Jaleh Shadi Talab, professor in sociology in a meeting about women problems which centered on prostitution. The meeting was held at the Center of Women Studies and Research. As she said “in the research done, other than the prostitutes, their clients were …

Iran-HRM – On Monday April 30, 2018, security agents of Isfahan referred to Ms. Anisa’s residence having a writ in hand.

Iran-HRM – Aliraza Tavakoli who was active in Telegram and now jailed for two years, is deprived of medical treatment; though he is suffering from joint pains and pain in his intestine. The prison doesn’t count itself responsible to provide the prisoners with advance medication and gives them no alternative either; eventually the prisoner does not receive the treatment he/she …

Iran-HRM – Fazad Sahraei, arrested during national protests on January 2018 and arrested in the city of Qom started serving his two years imprisonment on Saturday May 5th.

RFL/RE – Syrian state media have accused Israel of launching missiles at a target near Damascus, saying Syrian air defenses intercepted and shot down two of the incoming missiles. A war monitor said nine people were killed in the missile attack.

AL-Arabia – The entire world was waiting for the US’ decision regarding the landmark nuclear deal with Iran, including the deal’s godfather Barack Obama and his enthusiastic European friends. The deal has not been faulty from the start because it restrained the military aspects of the Iranian nuclear prorgam – on the contrary this is the only good thing about …