Following Iran’s nationwide protests which started on November 15 over gas price hike, the Iranian regime has made detention centers out of many schools, in violation of international conventions. The extent of unlawful detentions was so large that regime have turned schools in many towns into detention centers. A video clip posted on the internet shows how the Quds elementary school …

VOA – Iraq’s parliament accepted Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s resignation Sunday, but the move is not expected to end nearly two months of violent anti-government protests. Mahdi resigned Friday. President Barham Salih will now ask the largest bloc in parliament to nominate a new prime minister. But this could lead to weeks of deal-making because it is unclear which …

Radiozmaneh – What was going on at the scene of the November protests in Iran? How and why did people protest? What was the composition of the protesters? How did the security forces attack and kill? “Until a week ago I was living a normal life. When one gets out of the house, one does not think that a stranger …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The daily Kayhan, commonly believed to reflect Khamenei’s views, is even calling for gallows to be erected to hang “evil-doers” in public, regardless of the numbers involved. Khamenei’s “Samson option” reminds one of Hermann Goering, the German Nazi grandee who boasted that whenever he faces a cultural problem he cannot understand he reaches for his gun. One could call …

Al-Monitor – On Nov. 15, Iran announced a shift in its gasoline subsidy policies that led to massive social protests and the unprecedented government response of a weeklong internet shutdown. Though it’s too early to have a complete analysis of the recent wave of anti-government protests, it is valid to argue that the political, economic and social costs of the recent …

A nature conservationist guard (ranger) was executed in Kerman city on Thursday for the charge of killing a hunter.  iranhr.net – According to the Iranian state-run news agency ISNA, on the morning of Thursday, November 28, a nature conservationist guard (ranger) was executed for shooting an illegal hunter to death ten years ago. His identity is not revealed. However, a …

iran-hrm – Reliable reports indicate detained Iranian protesters in several prisons across Iran are under torture to make false confessions against themselves. Around 420 protesters, detained in Tehran and Alborz province, have been transferred to Section 8 of Raja’i Shahr Prison, controlled by the Intelligence Ministry. Protesters were forced to take off their clothes and were then beaten for hours with …

radiofarda – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denounced six new European members of a barter mechanism with Iran, saying it encouraged Tehran’s repression of protests. “While the Iranian regime is killing its own people, European countries rush to support that very murderous regime,” the embattled leader said in a statement. “These European countries should be ashamed of themselves.” …

radiofarda – Police in Iraq’s mostly Shi’ite southern city of Najaf say antigovernment protesters have set fire to the Iranian Consulate in the restive city for the second time in a week. The arson attack on December 1 came as Iraqis continue taking to the streets of Baghdad and Iraq’s Shi’ite-majority south to demand more jobs, an end to endemic …

radiofarda – The Syndicate of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (SWTSBC) Workers has condemned the “massacre and bloody suppression” of people protesting a three-fold increase in gasoline prices. The labor union has also called for the trial of all involved in ordering and executing the widespread killing, wounding and the arrests of thousands of the protesters. There is no justification …