Radiozamaneh 0 Several Iranian teachers have gathered in protest in front of the Ministry of Education in Tehran and several other cities. Teacher’s Protest in front of the Ministry of Education. In Tehran, dozens of contractual teachers gathered in front of the Ministry of Education for the second day on Monday 5th of Aug, demanding permanent contracts. The spokesperson of the …

HRW – Iran’s latest crackdown on women has taken place in the quiet of a courtroom. On July 31, a court in Tehran sentenced three women – including a mother and daughter – to prison for protesting laws that make wearing a hijab compulsory. The three are among dozens arrested in the past two years for defying the government’s mandatory …

HRW – At least two environmental experts detained in Iran since January 2018 have likely embarked on a hunger strike to protest their continued detention after many months in legal limbo, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities should ensure their adequate access to medical treatment.  They are among eight environmentalist experts detained for over 18 months without being provided with the evidence concerning …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Two prisoners were hanged at Dezful Prison on Mohrarebeh (waging war against God) charges Sunday. According to the Iranian media, two prisoners belonging to Iranian Arab minorities were hanged at Dezful prison Sunday morning August 4.An Iranian official told ISNA, “by forming a terrorist group, these people acted against the stability and security, committed murders, and …

gatestoneinstitute.org – It seems, then, that for Islamic Jihad and Hamas, the ceasefire understandings, reached under the auspices of Egypt and the UN, are meant to give the Gaza-based groups a chance to continue building their military capabilities without having to worry about Israeli retaliatory measures. Iranian media quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as expressing satisfaction over the “progress” the Palestinians …

PayvandNews- Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties of the pharmaceutical molecule, mannuronic acid (M2000), have been introduced for the first time to the world by professor Abbas Mirshafiey, the faculty member at the school of public health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS). Professor Abbas Mirshafiey with his students In 2000, the discovery of this pharmaceutical molecule was announced to the University of Munster …

PayvandNews – Researchers at Sharif University of Technology have developed smart hives for better beekeeping. The Nove startup team, led by Dr. Amin Rezaiezadeh, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology, and Dr. Mehdi Shahrdad, Assistant Professor of Electronics Research Institute of Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, has developed a smart beehive, Kando 1+ benefiting from IoT …

Radiofarda – Iraq’s oil ministry announced on Sunday it has no connection with an oil tanker seized by Iran and claimed to be smuggling oil, Iraqi media reported. Earlier on Sunday, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps said that it has seized an oil tanker smuggling oil in the Persian Gulf. Since then Iran has maintained silence. According to the Iranian …

Radiofarda – While many Iranians on social media are complaining about what they believe is Iran’s unfair share of the Caspian Sea, the spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Ministry has dismissed “speculations” about the legal regime of the Caspian Sea as “untrue.” The speculations and criticism of the Iranian government for compromising “Iran’s rights” started on 29 …

Iran Human Rights Monitor Monthly Report – July 2019 Introduction: In the summer of 1988, Iran’s regime summarily and extra-judicially executed tens of thousands of political prisoners held in jails across Iran. The 1988 massacre was carried out on the basis of a fatwa by the regime’s Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini. The majority of the inmates sent to the gallows …