Iran-HRM – With a capacity now detaining 15,000 people, the Evin Prison has built a reputation of Iran’s rampant political repression.

Iran-HRM – Wife of labor rights activists Jafar Azimzadeh, has been threatened by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) to report her husband.

Iran Human Rights –  Abdolfattah Soltani, attorney at law and human rights activist, went back to Evin prison earlier today following the denial of his furlough extension request.

Radiofarda – The Chairman of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom has lambasted a Grand Ayatollah for meeting with a handful of pro-reform political figures, including former President Mohammad Khatami.

Radiofarda – The Iranian government continues stands accused of sending members of its Afghan minority to Syria as part of the country’s military operations. As a result, the United States has announced a wave of new sanctions targeting businesseswhich provide financial support to these paramilitary structures.

Radiofarda – A member of Majles (Iranian parliament) has accused President Hassan Rouhani’s government of placing high positions at the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare under the hammer.

Al-Arabia – An Iranian man unleashed a tirade of abuse against an unveiled woman on the streets of Tehran, telling her that she “deserved to be raped.”

RFL/RE – The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France, and Germany have reiterated calls for a UN-backed political process to end the war in Syria that has killed hundreds of thousands of people.

VOA — Iran’s parliament approved a government economic reshuffle Saturday, days before new U.S. sanctions on Tehran’s oil exports take effect, after President Hassan Rouhani said Washington was isolated among its allies in its confrontation with Iran.

VOA — A battle is brewing between the Trump administration and some of the president’s biggest supporters in Congress who are concerned that sanctions to be reimposed on Iran early next month won’t be tough enough.