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Month: December 2018

Jailed Labor Activist Tortured, Forced Fed Hallucinogen Drugs

Iran-HRM - A relative of a Haft Tappeh Sugarcane mill worker and labor leader says he was tortured in custody…

Netanyahu: Israel Able To Contain Iran In Syria After U.S. Pullout

RFL/RE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull all American troops out of…

Lawyer Says Iranian Activist Khandan Released, Support Hunger Strikes Ended

RFL/RE - Iranian activist Reza Khandan, the husband of imprisoned human-rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, has been released from custody in…

Trump, Erdogan Agree to Coordinate US Pullout From Syria

VOA - U.S. President Donald Trump says Turkey will eliminate the rest of the Islamic State militants in Syria after…

A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for December 23, 2018

HRANA - The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on December 23rd, 2018 based on the information…

Despite Economic Crisis, Iran Expands Ties With Gaza

Radiofarda - Ayatollah Mohsen Araki, the head of World Assembly of Solidarity Among Muslim Sects, announced earlier in December that Iran will…

Street Signs In Tehran Bearing Mossadegh’s Name Vandalized

Radiofarda - Street signs bearing the name of Mohammad Mossadegh, Iran’s nationalist prime minister in 1950s who nationalized the oil,…

Zarif Claims No One In Islamic Republic Has Ever Called For Israel’s Destruction

Radiofarda - While "Death to Israel" is globally recognized as one of the trademark slogans of the Islamic Republic, Iranian…

Isfahan’s Conservative Ayatollah Says ‘No Water, No Taxes’

Radiofarda - In an unprecedented comment, the Friday Prayer Leader of Isfahan, central Iran, has suggested that paying taxes to…

ANALYSIS: What Amnesty report tells us about Iran regime’s human rights record?

Al-Arabia - Amnesty International has published a 200-page comprehensive report on the massacre of political prisoners in Iran, 30 years after it…