Iran-HRM – There were a number of important issues in the month of April. This bulletin makes brief references to some and focuses on executions, arbitrary murders, persecution of peaceful protests and beating women for loose hijab.

Al-Arabia – Amnesty International (AI) on Monday released a new investigative report into wiping out of signs of mass graves of political prisoners who were executed in Iran in 1988.

Iran Human Rights –  Ramin Hossein Panahi, a political prisoner in Iran, returned to his cell yesterday after his execution was delayed and he met his lawyer today. Nevertheless, he is still in imminent danger of execution. According to a close source, on the evening of Wednesday, May 2, Ramin Hossein Panahi returned to his cell from the solitary confinement …

Iran Human Rights – A prisoner was executed at Zahedan Central Prison on murder charges.

CHRI – A photo of imprisoned Swedish resident and scientist Ahmadreza Djalali in which he appears thin and haggard has raised concerns for the health and medical condition of the Iranian-born death row prisoner. According to Nature, Djalali, an emergency medicine researcher who was sentenced to death in Iran in October 2017, recently sent a letter to scientists around the …

Al-Monitor – Following the joint US-British-French attack on Syria last month, opposition is hardening in Tehran against any form of negotiation with the West over Iran’s ballistic missile program. Accompanying this trend is the rare unity among political elites in a climate of division. The shared belief underlying this attitude is that the West is seeking to hold talks with …

eppgroup.eu – URGENT ACTION IS NEEDED TO STOP THE EXECUTION OF MR. YAVAR MOHAMMAD SALAS, TO FREE DR. NOOR ALI TABANDEH FROM HOUSE ARREST AND TO STOP THE PERSECUTION OF GONABADI DERVISHES BY THE IRANIAN REGIME. MR. YAVAR MOHAMMAD SALAS, A GONABADI DERVISH, IS AN INNOCENT MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY THE IRANIAN SUPREME COURT ON 24TH APRIL 2018.

CHRI – High School Teacher Prosecuted For Satirical Poem About Shia Imam A former campaign manager for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been ordered to serve a two-year prison sentence for reading a satirical poem at a campaign rally.

Radiofarda – Iranian government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht believes that US will drop the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or Tehran’s nuclear deal on May 12, adding, “expect to see change in the Islamic Republic’s situation.”

RFL/RE – Britain’s Foreign Office says a U.K. citizen reportedly arrested in Iran is not currently being detained by authorities there.