Iran Human Rights (IHR) – According to the statistics department of IHR, Iranian authorities have executed 212 prisoners including 2 juvenile-offenders between January 1 and October 10, 2019. This report is being published on the occasion of the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty, which aims at raising awareness about the children as unseen victims of the death penalty. …

Al-Monitor – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has issued a statement opposing Turkey’s incursion into northeastern Syria: “Iran’s Foreign Ministry expresses concern over Turkey’s military action inside Syria’s territory, and with serious consideration for the humanitarian situation and respective dangers for civilians in the region under conflict, it calls for an immediate suspension of attacks and withdrawal of Turkish forces from Syria.” The statement continued, …

PayvandNews – The Information Technology Organization of Iran has conducted a survey which shows that Iranian families spend 222.68 trillion rials (about $5.3 billion) annually for information and communication technology (ICT) hardware and services, Mehr reported on Saturday. Of the figure, urban families spend 179.4 trillion rials (about $4.2 billion) and rural families spend 43.2 trillion rials (about $1.1 billion), …

PayvandNews – Iran picked up their third win at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men’s World Cup on Thursday. Team Melli swept past the African team in straight sets (26-24, 25-17, 25-22) in Hiroshima. See match photos and statistics by FIVB Iran have already defeated Canada and Australia.Amirhossein Esfandiar scored 18 points for Iran and Hamza Nagga led Tunisia with 19 …

Radiofarda – Iran has freed a Russian journalist, Yulia Yuzik, who had been detained last week, the Russian embassy in Tehran said on social media on Thursday. “As a result of joint efforts of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Russian Embassy in Tehran, the Iranian side made a decision on the release of Russian citizen Yulia Yuzik,” it said.According …

CHRI – Nearly four decades after women were banned from sports stadiums in Iran, a few thousand tickets were sold to female fans ahead of an October 10, 2019, World Cup qualifier match between the Iranian and Cambodian national teams. But the number of tickets sold to women was reportedly capped at around 4,000 despite FIFA’s demand that women be allowed to …

Al-Monitor – In Iran, when the fall months of Muharram and Safar arrive, people hold ceremonies to pay homage to the decedents of the Prophet Muhammad, especially his grandson Imam Hussein ibn Ali and a number of other Shiite imams. These months, which roughly correspond with September and October, are sacred for Shiites. But the mourning ceremonies have become opportunities for …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The second initiative in which the Iranian government is engaged is to increase tensions in the region, destabilize the region, target the global energy market, cause oil and gas prices to increase, and then blame all these problems on the Trump administration. The threat Iran poses to US presidential elections is real and urgent — for Iran to …

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic President Hassan Rouhani has warned the country’s powerful Guardian Council (GC) to avoid stricter vetting of candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections next February. “We should not believe that the tighter the filter is the better the results will be”, Rouhani asserted during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday. As a control mechanism to prevent independent …

Radiofarda – Three young women who posted their own dance videos on Instagram were arrested in Iran on October 8 and will be tried in court. Screen grab from one of the young women who posted their dance videos on Instagram. Dancing in public is strictly forbidden in the Islamic Republic of Iran but uploading footage of one’s dancing on …