Radiofarda – Iran’s State TV has quoted an official from the country’s Supreme National Security Council as having denied a report by Reuters that the leader of the Islamic Republic Ali Khamenei himself issued the order for the crackdown that killed some 1,500 Iranian protesters in mid-November. Alireza Zarifian, a public relations officer at the SNSC predictably ruled out the …

Iran-HRM -Credible reports say several children are among the protesters shot and killed after protests broke out on November 15 in more than 191 cities across Iran. Numerous videos share on social media have appear to show Iranian regime’s use of lethal force against protesters during Iran’s November 2019 protests. More than 1.500 people, including several children were indiscriminately shot and …

VOA – The United States has confirmed a news report citing unnamed Iranian officials as saying about 1,500 people were killed in a crackdown by security forces on anti-government protests last month. In a report published Monday, London-based Reuters said it obtained the death toll from three Iranian interior ministry officials who said the fatalities included “at least 17 teenagers …

IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS –  According to a special report published by Reuters on Monday, December 23, 2019, about 1,500 people were killed during the recent nationwide protests that started on Nov. 15 in Iran. The numbers, provided to Reuters by three Iranian interior ministry officials, included at least 17 teenagers and about 400 women as well as some members of …

CHRI — Two female academics held in Tehran’s Evin Prison called for international solidarity as they announced that they would be denying food and water indefinitely as of Christmas Eve. Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert and Iranian-born French academic Fariba Adelkhah are striking for the freedom of all researchers and political prisoners in Iran who’ve been “unjustly imprisoned on trumped-up charges,” …

Al-Arabia – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has suggested his country believes the US economic sanctions and pressure on the Islamic Republic will come to an end soon. During a Dec. 23 meeting with the Indian foreign minister, Rouhani discussed the importance of increasing bilateral trade in the face of US sanctions. “Under the current situation with unilateral American sanctions against nations, we have to …

Radiofarda – An Iranian health official in the flood-stricken city of Ahwaz in Khuzestan Province Iran on Sunday warned about an outbreak of cholera and leishmaniasis and called on the authorities to take immediate prevention measures. Mehrdad Sharifi, Head of West Ahwaz Health Center, said the residents are threatened by an outbreak of various diseases such as cholera and leishmaniasis …

Radiofarda – After days of protests across Iran last month, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared impatient. Gathering his top security and government officials together, he issued an order: Do whatever it takes to stop them. That order, confirmed by three sources close to the supreme leader’s inner circle and a fourth official, set in motion the bloodiest crackdown on …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi has sent a letter to the Speaker of Parliament demanding that outspoken lawmaker Mahomoud Sadeqi (Sadeghi) be prevented from engaging in moves “against national interests”. Mahmoud Sadeqi, Tehran’s outspoken representative in parliament. FILE PHOTO A member of parliament’s ethics commission disclosing that the letter was sent about ten days ago, said that his …

Radiofarda – Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar currently on a visit to Iran says an agreement to accelerate the Chabahar port project was reached with the Iranian side. He add that within two hours during a meeting of the 19th India-Iran Joint Commission co-chaired by his Iranian counterpart Mohammad-Javad Zarif the agreement was concluded. In a tweet, the Indian Minister …