Radiofarda – The former mayor of Tehran, who has been sentenced to death for murdering his second wife, has been pardoned by the victims family and will not be executed. According to the attorney of the relatives of the victim Mitra Ostad, the family of Mohammad Ali Najafi’s second wife has pardoned him. Mohammad Ali Najafi shot his second wife …

Radiofarda – Iran’s reformist political faction seems to have split as one of the groups constituting its backbone has officially pulled out of the lose-knit political force. After remarks by the leader of the centrist Executives of Construction Party, Iranian media reported Tuesday August 13 that the group has all but officially split from the reformist camp . The reports …

Radiofarda – A source “close” to the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani has denied reports that he is involved in self-enrichment and corruption. “An informed source” has told Iran’s national broadcaster that some individuals are spreading “unsubstantiated” reports to conduct “character assassination against. A well-connected seminarian, Seyyed Mehdi Sadrolsadati has published posts on his Instagram account …

Radiofarda – The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Behrouz Kamalvandi announced on Tuesday, August 13, that the Islamic Republic’s enriched uranium stockpile has reached 370 kilograms. “We are producing [enriched uranium] with a good capacity and our stockpile is 60 to 70 kilograms above the 300kg [JCPOA limit] and this amount is growing fast,” Behrouz Kamalvandi …

Al-Arabia – The Houthi militia in Yemen are an Iranian proxy and should be designated as such, the UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said on Wednesday. “Houthi relations with Iran, for long in search for proper designation, is clearer following their leadership’s meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei,” Gargash said in a tweet. “Stated in black & white …

Political prisoner Akbar Bagheri has started a hunger strike since August 7, protesting lack of medical access in prison which led to his deteriorating health and legal conditions, and his exile to the Greater Tehran Penitentiary. Akbar Bagheri, incarcerated in the Great Tehran Penitentiary, was taken to the ward of dangerous criminals on the fourth day of his strike. According …

Iran-HRM – Two prisoners were hanged on Saturday, August 10, in the central prison of Mashhad, the state-run Khorasan daily reported Sunday. The state media did not identiry the victims by name but it said they will publish the full report in following days. In anothre development last Wednesday, five more prisoners were hanged in the notorious Raja’i Shahr (Gohardasht) …

RFL/RE – The wife of British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady says her husband has been arrested at his home in Iran on unknown charges. Shafagh Rahmani told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda on August 14 that her husband was arrested on August 11, and that authorities told her he faces “unspecified charges in connection with his activities.”Rahmani said it wasn’t clear which state body had …

VOA – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pledged on Tuesday Tehran’s continued support for Yemen’s Houthi movement and called for dialogue among Yemenis to safeguard the war-shattered nation’s territorial integrity. A Saudi-led coalition has been battling to restore Yemen’s ousted government in a devastating four-year war with the Iranian-aligned Houthis that has killed tens of thousands and pushed the …

CHRI – In response to a complaint by a woman from the city of Isfahan, Branch 1 of Iran’s Administrative Justice Court ruled that the traffic police’s refusal to issue motorcycle driving licenses to women is unlawful. However, due to Article 60 of the Administrative Justice Court’s Organizational and Regulatory Procedures Law, the ruling, which could be reversed, only applies to the individual …