RFL/RE – Iran has made a surprise offer to Turkmenistan that officials in Ashgabat might find difficult to reject.

Al-Arabia – France’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that information provided by Israel of Iran’s past nuclear weapons program could be a basis for long-term monitoring of Tehran’s nuclear activities.

VOA — The White House is praising new intelligence from Israel on Iran’s nuclear weapons program, calling it “new and compelling” though officials in Washington have stopped short of charging Tehran with outright violations of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. U.S. officials reviewing the cache of documents, charts, blueprints, photos and videos recovered by Israeli intelligence said late Monday …

Iran Human Rights – Seyyed Iman Hosseini Moqaddam, who was dubbed as “the fake postman” by the Iranian media, was hanged at Rajai Shahr Prison. According to IHR sources, on the morning of Monday, April 30, Seyyed Iman Hosseini Moqaddam was hanged at Rajai Shahr Prison. Hosseini Moqaddam, dubbed as “the fake postman” by the media, was sentenced to execution …

Iran Human Rights – A prisoner was executed at Isfahan Central Prison on drug-related charges. This is the first drug-related execution after the new drug law was enforced.

CHRI – Ban Unlikely to Stop Most of Telegram’s 40 Million Users in Iran The Iranian Judiciary has ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to the country’s most used messaging app, Telegram, in an attempt to thwart an estimated 40 million Iranians’ open access to information. “Iran’s blocking of Telegram is another example of the state’s blatant hostility …

CHRI – Leaked video footage showing staff members at the Saraye Mehrabani Care Center in the city of Rasht, northern Iran, physically abusing minors with disabilities has highlighted the lack of legal protections for this vulnerable community.

Al-Monitor – It wasn’t their chemistry that brought Russia, Iran and Turkey to the table over Syria. Rather it was the intersections of their interests, and as part of this, the common threat of having other powers, such as the United States, playing a role in crafting the future of Syria. Indeed, the trio sees the situation in the war-torn …

Al-Monitor – After airstrikes against military bases in Syria on April 30, Iranian sources denied that any of its soldiers were killed in the attack. There is no evidence that the United States is involved, but the attack has further highlighted the tense relations between the two countries. Two conservative media outlets, Fars News Agency and the Tasnim News Agency, …