Iran-HRM – The state security forces broke up the gatherings staged by employees of the Ahwaz National Steel Group on Monday and Tuesday, arresting at list 60 demonstrators.

Iran-HRM – On Saturday June 9, Mohammad Najafi, a human rights lawyer, was tried at branch 102 of the Criminal Court number 2 in Arak, central Iran.

Radiofarda – The prices of gold and cars and the exchange rate for the U.S. dollar reached record highs on the Iranian market on June 11, while some social media users have complained about a new rise in the cost of housing in Tehran. Each dollar was traded for 69,000 rials on Tehran’s foreign exchange market on June 11, while …

Radiofarda – The Iranian government has designated several spots in Tehran where citizens are permitted to hold rallies, including five sports complexes, six parks, and an area next to the parliament. On June 10, the government also issued criteria for the designation of locations in other cities. Based on the guidelines, the designated spaces should be accessible and within the …

Radiofarda – Iran has voiced support for a potential Turkish operation against Kurdish militants just over its border in northern Iraq, Turkish Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Tuesday.

Radiofarda – Iran’s intelligence ministry said on Monday it had arrested 27 members of a “terrorist network” suspected of planning attacks last week to coincide with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The group plotted to “carry out terrorist operations in Tehran and some other important cities,” the ministry said in a statement on its website. “They published pictures in …

Iran-HRM – Seven members of Iran’s Gonabadi Sufi minority, held at the Great Tehran Penitentiary are on hunger strike, protesting what they called “violation of the Dervish community members” in prison.

Iran-HRM – Intelligence agents on Saturday, May 9, arrested Mehdi Maramazi, to force his family to deny their other son, Hatam Marmazi, had been killed under torture. The family was also pressured to appear on the state TV to claim their son was a terorist affiliated to ISIS. The authorities had also arrested the parents on May 5 when they …

Iran-HRM – The lawyer of Kurd political prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi says his client’s appeal to the Supreme Court for a review of his death sentence has been rejected.

Al-Arabia – Just hours after a storage site housing ballots from Iraq’s parliamentary election caught fire, the Iranian ambassador to Iraq has invited on Sunday Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the Iranian Supreme Leader, and Qasem Soleimani, senior Revolutionary Guard officer, for an Iftar meal at the embassy headquarters. The Iftar feast was also attended by former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri …