Al-Monitor – Turkey is facing a new conundrum in Syria. While its main concern is the areas held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), due to the latter’s links with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Turkey has had to prioritize Idlib because of the looming attack on the province, which could jeopardize Ankara’s presence in northern Syria.
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Three Hundred Gachsaran Prisoners Break into Protest
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Around 300 prisoners in Gachsaran, in the southwestern province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, have launched protests and gone on hunger strike in opposition to patterns of injustice plaguing the quality of life in their region.
Read More »120 Academics and Activists Join UN in Calling on Iran to Free Princeton Scholar Xiyue Wang
CHRI – A group of 120 academics and human rights activists of Iranian origin have called on Iran to free imprisoned American scholar Xiyue Wang, who was arrested in Tehran by agents of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry during the summer of 2016 and sentenced to 10 years in prison on unsubstantiated espionage charges a year later.
Read More »Inhuman treatment of Sufi prisoners and the silence of the country’s legal community
Shabtabnews – While the executive decrees of prisons insist that the location of prisoners should be proportionate to their crime, hundreds of Gonabadi Sufis, even though their verdict has not been finalised, have been imprisoned for more than seven months amongst hard line criminals, drug traffickers and violent offenders and are thus forced to spend their days in jail under the worst …
Read More »World Court Orders U.S. To Ensure Iran Sanctions Don’t Hit Humanitarian Aid
Radiofarda – The World Court has ordered the United States on Wednesday to ensure that sanctions against Iran do not impact humanitarian aid or civil aviation safety.
Read More »Iran Praises Europe For Taking ‘Big step’ To Keep Business With Tehran
Radiofarda – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani praised Europe on Wednesday for taking a “big step” toward maintaining business with Iran after the unilateral U.S. withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear deal and re-imposition of new sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
Read More »Iran Executes Four Afghan Men On Dug Smuggling Charges
Iran-HRM – Four Afghan men were executed Tuesday, October 2, in Birjand Prison.
Read More »World Court To Rule On Iran Plea To Lift U.S. Sanctions
Radiofarda – Judges at the International Court of Justice, the highest United Nations court, will rule Wednesday on an Iranian plea to have U.S. sanctions against Tehran lifted.
Read More »New Iraqi Prime Minister Charged With Forming New Government
RFL/RE – Iraq’s new president has moved quickly to install veteran Shi’ite politician Adel Abdul-Mahdi as prime minister, charged with forming a new government nearly five months after national elections were held.
Read More »White House Hails French Move Against Alleged Iranian Bomb Plot
RFL/RE – The White House is applauding France’s move against alleged Iranian intelligence operatives who are accused of planning a bomb attack in Paris.
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