Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner was hanged at Qazvin Central Prison yesterday.

Iran Human Rights –  A prisoner was hanged at Karaj Central Prison (Nedamatgah) on murder charges. He was denying the accusation during the whole trial process.

Radiofarda – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman opened the annual one-day summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council, urging fellow member states Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, the UAE and Qatar to maintain a united front against Iran and terrorism.

Radiofarda – In a letter to President Hassan Rouhani more than 500 student activists have condemned the expanding presence of security agencies and “the deepening atmosphere of repression” dominating universities in Iran.

Radiofarda – While fully supporting peace talks among the warring parties in Yemen, the U.S. does not want any Iranian influence to linger on in the country, a State Department official said in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

Radiofarda – Workers of Pegah milk factory in Tehran gathered in front of the Iranian Judiciary’s headquarters on Saturday to protest the seizure of their lands by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), the foreign-based independent Iranian Labor Union reported.

Radiofarda – In a letter to the governor of Tehran, 72 ecology experts, university professors and activists have demanded a permit to hold a gathering in support of eight environmentalists who have been behind bars since last January, daily Hamshahri reported.

Radiofarda – Several Iranian and dual national demographers have been reportedly arrested during the past weeks, less than a year after Ian’s security forces arrested dozens of environmentalists on charges of espionage and “corruption on earth”.

Al-Arabia – Almost since its establishment, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been under a permanently sanctioned regime.

Al-Arabia – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has “ordered” the central bank to boost the value of rial, the bank’s governor said on Saturday, after a months-long plunge in the currency due to a faltering economy and US sanctions.