Iran-HRM -A member of the Teachers’ Trade Association of the central province of Isfahan has been sentenced to three years behind bars, 74 lashes in public and paying fine for holding a sit in. According to the sentence issued by the branch 103 of the Shahreza Penal Court, the activist teacher Hamidreza Rahmati, was sentenced to 18 months of prison …

Iran-HRM – The public flogging sentence for a man was carried out yesterday in the city of Ahvaz, the capital of southwestern Khuzestan province. A footage circulated on the Internet showed the man being punished with public lashes. https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1147222005961416705/pu/img/spDBCVrwI6Wmrv_N?format=jpg&name=small Simultaneously, his verdict is being read out loud which indicates that Branch 115 of the city’s Criminal Court had sentenced the …

RFL/RE – The UN’s nuclear watchdog says it will hold a special meeting next week on Iran’s nuclear program at the request of the United States after Tehran said it had breached some terms of the deal.A spokesman for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the meeting of its board of governors will be held on July 10 in …

VOA – A top aide to Iran’s supreme leader says the Islamic Republic is ready to enrich uranium beyond the level set by Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal, just ahead of a deadline it set Sunday for Europe to offer new terms to the accord. A video message by Ali Akbar Velayati included him saying that “Americans directly and Europeans indirectly …

VOA – A former leader of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said on Friday that the Islamic Republic should consider seizing a British oil tanker in response to authorities detaining an Iranian oil tanker off the coast Gibraltar.The comments by Mohsen Rezaei came amid heightened tensions over Iran’s unraveling 2015 nuclear deal, which the U.S. withdrew from last year.In recent days, …

VOA – British police on Friday were questioning the crew of an Iranian supertanker that was seized at 4 a.m. Thursday in waters near Gibraltar, and which remains anchored close to the eastern shore of what locals refer to as “the Rock.” Gibraltar’s supreme court announced it was extending the authority to hold the ship for 14 more days, saying …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Rooting for President Trump to fail in his policy with Iran means calling for empowering and emboldening a theocratic regime that has consistently threatened “Death to America” — with nukes, presumably, if it had the capability, which it is busy acquiring. The core revolutionary pillars of this Iranian government are anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism. This country, which some people …

Amnesty – Human rights lawyer Amirsalar Davoudi has been sentenced to 29 years and three months in prison and 111 lashes on charges stemming from his human rights work. He was interrogated in detention without a lawyer present and was convicted and sentenced in his absence. Under Iran’s sentencing guidelines, he is required to serve 15 years of this sentence. …

Iran Human Rights – A man hanged at the Iranian northeastern city of Birjand’s prison. According to IRIB News, a man was executed for murder charges at Birjand prison. Neither exact date of the execution, nor the identity of the prisoner, were revealed by the authorities.  According to the Iran Human Rights statistic department, at least 273 people were executed …

CHRI – An Appeals Court upheld 91-day prison sentences against 18 people who were arrested while peacefully protesting outside Evin Prison in Tehran but suspended most of the sentences for three years, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. Suspended sentences operate like bail conditions; defendants are expected to keep a low profile and not engage in …