Iran-HRM – Family members of inmates held in Seiban and Sepidar prisons in Ahvaz have been kept in the dark about the fate of their loved ones following riots in the prisons on March 30 and 31. Reports indicate that following prison riots on March 31, intelligence authorities in Ahvaz transferred political prisoners from ward 5 of Sheiban Prison to …
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10 prisoners on death row in Tabriz Prion
HRANA – At least 50 prisoners in ward 11 of Tabriz Prison are on death row. HRANA identified 10 of them as following: Mohammad Khosravi was sentenced to death on the charge of murder. He is in prison for six years. Akbar Norouzi was sentenced to death on the charge of murder. He is in prison for eight years. Gholamreza …
Read More »Update: Danial Zeinolabedini’s Body Buried; Increasing Concern About His Codefendant
Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Body of the death row juvenile offender who was beaten to death in an Iranian prison, is finally handed over to his family for the burial. Danial Zeinolabedini who allegedly committed a murder at the age of 17. He and several other prisoners, including his co-defendant Danial Divani-Azar were beaten badly by the security guards …
Read More »Iran: How the Regime Is Trying to Exploit the Coronavirus Crisis
gatestoneinstitute.org – The international community needs to refrain from handing the Iranian regime any direct financial aid. The four-decade history of the ruling mullahs has shown that any extra revenues obtained by the leadership have not benefited the ordinary people in Iran. If the mullahs are seeking financial assistance because they actually desire to help their own people, why did they refuse …
Read More »Tehran stock market could remain strong despite Iran’s economic downturn
Al-Monitor – The benchmark Tehran Stock Exchange index managed to break above its all-time highs just before the Iranian fiscal year ended March 19. The annual total return reached a whopping 187%, registering the highest annual growth in the exchange’s existence. Interestingly, the equal-weighted index, the barometer applied to measure the performance of micro-size listed companies, rocketed up during the same …
Read More »Iran Official Calls China’s Coronavirus Numbers A ‘Bitter Joke’
Radiofarda – The spokesman of Iran’s health ministry has said that figures the coronavirus infections and deaths published by China’s government was a “bitter joke”. Kianush Jahanpur in a video media conference March 5 said, “It seems statistics from China was a bitter joke, because many in the world thought this is just like influenza, with fewer deaths. This [impression] …
Read More »Iran’s Government Withdrew Money From National Reserve To Pay Salaries – Lawmaker
Radiofarda – A member of Iran’s parliament has said the government took 18 trillion rials from the National Development Fund on the eve of the Iranian New Year in March because it was out of money to pay salaries and New Year bonuses to its employees. The National Development Fund (NDF) is savings from oil exports meant to help long …
Read More »Iran’s New Qods Force Commander Is No Soleimani
Radiofarda – Brigadier General Esmail Qa’ani (Ghaani) visited Iraq this week for the first time since his appointment as the commander of the IRGC’s Qods Force and was secretly welcomed at Baghdad Airport under tight security measures. Some sources say he left the airport in a motorcade of three cars, but no one knows where he stayed in Baghdad, whom …
Read More »Bullets Hit Friday Imam’s Car In Southern Iran
Radiofarda – Unknown gunmen opened fire on the car of a Friday Prayer Imam in the southern city of Mahshahr, in Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan province Friday evening. An Iranian news agency says Salman Hashemi is one of the four prayer leaders in the city of petrochemical plants. He represents the religious establishment in the Taleghani part of the city. Mahshar …
Read More »Second-Wave Coronavirus May Hit Iranian Capital, Officials Warn
Radiofarda – Heavy traffic in Tehran on the first working day of the new Iranian year has prompted some officials to warn about a second wave of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infections hitting the capital. With the New Year holidays over, many residents of the capital have now returned from other cities. If economic activities resume at this point those who have …
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