iran-hrm – Farangis Mazloumi, the mother of political prisoner Soheil Arabi, has been on hunger strike since August 16, 2019, to protest her continued detention and being kept in limbo for more than one month. Intelligence forces arrested Mrs Farangis Mazloumi on Monday, July 22, 2019 without explaining her charges. She has since been kept in solitary confinement in Evin’s …

alarabiya – The Israeli army says Iranian Quds operatives, commanded by General Qassem Soleimani, planned to attack Israel from an Iranian base in Syria. “Soleimani commanded an attack of killer drones on Israel. Iranian Quds operatives flew to the Damascus Intl. Airport with drones & explosives, and continued to an Iranian base in Syria to prepare for an attack on …

radiofarda – A French diplomat says French President Emmanuel Macron outlined details of a French plan to ease tensions with Iran during his working lunch with President Donald Trump at the G-7 summit. The official, who was speaking anonymously in accordance with the French presidency’s customary practices, said France has been working for several weeks on the plan. The diplomat …

rferl.org – Women in Iran will be allowed into a Tehran stadium to attend a men’s football World Cup qualifier later this year, a Sports Ministry official has said. “The women can go in the Asadi Stadium for the qualification match against Cambodia on October 10,” Deputy Sports Minister Jamshid Taghizadeh said on August 25, according to state news agency …

rferl.org – The French president’s office has described talks on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in the coastal town of Biarritz between French leaders and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as “positive” and said the discussions, which also included Germany and Britain, would continue. Zarif made a surprise visit to Biarritz for several hours on …

rferl.org – An Iranian court has sentenced writer and satirist Kioomars Marzban to 23 years and nine months in prison after convicting him of charges including cooperation with the United States. His lawyer, Mohammad Hossein Aghasi, told RFE/RL on August 24 that Marzban was convicted of cooperating with a hostile state, spreading propaganda against the system, and insulting sanctities and …

iranhr.net – While the world’s attention is drawn to the events in the Persian Gulf, civil activists face a new wave of repression, arrest and long-term prison verdicts in Iran. Iran Human Rights (IHR) urges the international community to react to the recent vast violation of human rights in Iran. “It seems the Islamic Republic are taking disadvantage of the …

iranhr.net – A prisoner was hanged for murder charges at a prison in the Iranian northern city of Sari Wednesday. According to HRANA, on the morning of Wednesday, August 21, a man was hanged at a prison in the Iranian northern city of Sari, Mazandaran province. The man is identified as Abolhassan Ghorbani, 38. Abolhassan killed a man during a …

iran-hrm – Officials in Iran arrested 52 men and women at a mixed-gender “night party” in the northern city of Sari, acording to the state-run Fars news agency, affiliated to the regime’s IRGC. Fars reported Saturday, August 24, that 29 of the detainees were men while the remaining 23 were women. The news agency quoted a “source” as saying that …

radiofarda – A third British warship is heading to the Gulf, the Royal Navy announced Saturday, amid heightened tensions in the region. Britain has already sent the HMS Kent to cover for frigate HMS Montrose while it undergoes maintenance in nearby Bahrain, and is now redirecting the Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender from its mission to the Pacific. “Wherever the …