Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Upon her arrival to Iran via the Isfahan airport on Thursday, October 11th, security forces arrested Zahra Majd — wife of Mohammad Hedayati, a critic of Iran’s ruling clergy — along with her children, ages three and five.

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – On the morning of October 14th, Saleh Dehkordi, 38, and Yarali Noori, 40, were executed in Shahr-e Kord Prison. In the eleventh hour, Davoud Shokri, 26, was pardoned by family members of the plaintiff on his case.

Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) – On Friday, October 12th, fights that broke out amid the stifling conditions of Zahedan Prison landed 29 prisoners in quarantine. The next day, quarantined prisoners were taken to the prison yard, forcefully undressed, beaten by prison guards, and left outside until morning.

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Political prisoner Afshin Hossein Panahi was released on furlough from Sanandaj Prison on Saturday, October 13, 2018.

Radiofarda – One of the hypotheses about the reasons behind the unusual rise in the rate of exchange for the US dollar and other hard currencies in Iran is that the government itself has devalued its own currency rial, as a way of funding its day to day expenses such as paying public sector salaries.

Radiofarda – Several photographers have been arrested in Shiraz, 481 km (298 miles) south of Iran’s capital, Tehran, for posting “obscene” pictures and images described as “modelling” on their Instagram accounts.

Radiofarda – Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency says members of the country’s intelligence service have killed two Kurdish separatists in a clash in the western city of Kermanshah.

Radiofarda – The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has condemned a reported call by the Islamic Rebulic’s judiciary, including the head of Qazvin Judicial Department, for issuing the death penalty against 17 activists involved in a widespread truckers’ strike.

Radiofarda – Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) says its armed fighters (Peshmerga) engaged the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps forces in a heavy clash on Friday, October 12.

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic’s judiciary has upheld the death sentence for an ethnic minority Kurdish citizen of Iran, his lawyer says.