Iran-HRM – As the coronavirus outbreak ravages around the country taking a higher toll everyday on the people, Iran easing of quarantine guidelines is a bid to project a return to normal conditions to resume the desperately needed economic activities. Iran easing quarantine restrictions coincides with a shockingly growing number of deaths caused by covid-19 infection. According to information collected from sources …

RFL/RE – Iran’s president said the country has extended furloughs for prisoners for another month as officials struggle to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. Hassan Rohani’s announcement on April 19 followed an earlier decision to allow so-called low-risk businesses — including many shops, factories, and workshops — to resume operations in Tehran. Rohani said mosques and other religious centers …

Radiozamaneh –Hivos, a Netherlands based development aid organization, has recently published new research, on Egypt, Syria, and Iran revealing that in all three countries, the forced exit of dissidents and activists appeared to be a deliberate strategy of state authorities. However, as soon as those fleeing dissents start to live and become active in exile, the systematic campaigns of those governments to …

Radiozamaneh – A court in Yemen has upheld the death sentence of Hamed bin Haydara. Bin Haydara is a member of the Baha’i faith, who has been in prison since December 2013. The court in Houthi-controlled Sanaʽa, Yemen’s capital, rejected his appeal and approved the sentence that was handed down in January 2018. The Yemeni officials did not allow bin …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Death-row prisoner Majid Esmaeilzadeh was hanged Saturday morning April 18, at the central prison of Ardabil, North-Western Iran. Some sources say he was under 18 at the time of the offence.  According to IHR sources, Majid Esmaeilzadeh was hanged at the central prison of Ardabil city, Iran. Sources say he was arrested and sentenced to …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Death-row prisoner Hossein Taheri was hanged in Khalkhal city, Ardabil province, on April 16. According to IHR sources, Hossein Taheri (37) was hanged at the central prison of Khalkhal city. He was sentenced to death for murder around five years ago.  Executions in Iran have continued to be carried out even after the coronavirus (COVID-19) …

gatestoneinstitute.org – With the exception of this year, since 1989 Tehran has hosted an annual “End of America” conference attended by anti-Americans from across the globe. The “end of America” dream has not been, and may never be, realized, for at least two reasons…. America, perhaps above all, is an idea that, even if formulated as a myth, as most …

Radiofarda – Defending his performance in the coronavirus crisis Iran’s Health Minister Saeed Namaki has praised the “management pattern” of the disease in the country as “unique” and “unmatched” in the world. There are also reports on the possibility of reopening Shiite holy shrines in the cities of Mashhad, Qom and Shiraz. As the month of fasting, Ramadan (April 23) …

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s official website has launched a new portlet to raise funds to help those who have been hit by COVID-19. The website accepts cash donations under the tabs “religious funds” from people who want to atone their sins for missing prayers or fasting obligations during Ramadan. Now it has added …

Radiofarda – Official Turkish statistics released on Friday shows Iranians have continued buying houses in neighboring Turkey despite the escalating coronavirus pandemic in the country. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute’s latest report released on Friday, with 465 properties purchased in the past month and a total of 1,864 in the past three months Iranian citizens are at the top …