Shabtabnews – The Iranian security agents arrested the  families  of imprisoned Sufis, who tried to visit the house of Dr. Noor Ali Tabandeh, the leader of Gonabadi Sufis.  Dr. Noor Ali Tabandeh, who has been under house arrest for eight months, is prevented from leaving his house or having visitors.

CHRI – It has been more than a month since the wife of a Sufi Gonabadi Dervish held in Iran’s Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) has heard from her husband after he was put in solitary confinement with seven other Sufi detainees.

Radiofarda – While the impact of U.S. sanctions on Iran is deepening week by week, the Islamic Republic’s official news agency, IRNA, says, the number of Iranians travelling abroad in the past six months has dropped by 13%, compared with the same period, last year.

Radiofarda – More than one billion liters (roughly 265,000 gallons) of gasoline have been smuggled out of Iran in the past few months, said Iran’s anti-smuggling police chief IRGC Briadier-General Ali Moayyedi October 10.

Radiofrada – Tehran has long used front and shell companies to exploit financial systems around the world to generate revenues and transfer funds in support of malign conduct and destabilizing actions, said an advisory issued by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a US Treasury bureau, on Thursday October 11.

HRW – Last week, Iranian authorities executed Zeinab Sakaavand for allegedly murdering her husband when she was 17. During her trial the court discounted Sakaavand’s claims that her husband frequently beat and abused her. She was only 15 when they were married.

Radiofarda – A senior cleric in Iran has once again threatened Tel Aviv with destruction, while on Thursday, October 11, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Chief Commander has also claimed that “Israel is near its end”.

Iran-HRM – Iranian authorities have increased pressure on political prisoners in Hall 10, Ward 4 of Rajaie Shahr Prison, By destroying the medical records of prisoners and preventing them from being transferred to a hospital or even prison clinic, according to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).

RFL/RE – An Al-Qaeda-linked militant group is using Iran as its main transit point for illegal charcoal exports from Somalia, enabling the group to earn millions of dollars in profits, a report to the UN Security Council seen by media says.

VOA — French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday it was not clear whether a foiled attack on a Paris-based Iranian opposition group was ordered by the higher echelons of authorities in Tehran.