CHRI – Fears for Ramin Hossein Panahi Grow Despite Torture and Due Process Violation Concerns   The execution of a Kurdish death-row prisoner has become more likely, despite credible questions regarding violations of due process in his case, torture and other rights violations.

CHRI – Women’s rights activists Hoda Amid and Najmeh Vahedi were arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization in Tehran on September 1, 2018 and taken to an unknown location, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned.

Al-Monitor – Iran’s high-living aghazadehs — a satirical moniker for the offsprings of the Iranian ruling class — have an outspoken critic in a young cleric from Qom who uses their favorite medium — Instagram — to name and shame those who flaunt their luxurious lifestyles or land cushy jobs.

Al-Arabia – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei instructed the armed forces and security institutions in January to divest from economic activities non-related to their core missions.

CHRI – Farhad Meysami, the 48-year-old physician who has been detained in Iran’s Evin Prison since his arrest on July 31, 2018, is physically deteriorating after being on hunger strike for over a month to protest his unlawful detainment.

PayvandNews – U.S. President Donald Trump will chair a UN Security Council meeting on Iran this month during the annual gathering of world leaders in New York, to spotlight his grievances against Tehran.

Radiofarda – A study conducted by the Research Center of the Iranian Parliament says that the current unemployment figures in Iran are alarming.

Radiofarda – U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to “recklessly attack” Syria’s last opposition-held province, Idlib, warning that hundreds of thousands of people could be killed.

Radiofarda – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country will continue exporting crude oil despite U.S. efforts to stop it through sanctions.

Radiofarda – French banking giant Societe Generale said Tuesday it expects to pay 1.1 billion euros ($1.27 billion) in fines to settle a dispute with US authorities over allegations that it violated sanctions, particularly in Iran.