Iran-HRM – The Iranian regime started a new wave of executions in April 2020, while the novel coronavirus has engulfed the country and spread to Iran’s prisons. The authorities executed at least 32 individuals in 14 cities. The hanged include juvenile offenders and members of ethnic minorities. Several of those executed had involved in protests over prison conditions and the …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Two prisoners sentenced to death on “corruption on earth” charges were hanged at Mashhad prison on April 28.  According to the Iranian Khorasan daily, on Tuesday, April 28, two prisoners were executed at Mashhad central prison (also known as Vakilabad prison). The two unnamed men were supposed to be hanged in public but according to the …

gatestoneinstitute.org – “Germany was again Europe’s largest trading partner with Iran by far, exporting $1.64 billion worth of goods in 2019. While German banks have been largely reluctant to finance Iran trade, there are at least five banks – all owned/operated by Iran and all operating inside Germany – that are more than happy to step in.” – Daniel Roth, …

Radiofarda – More than 12,000 Iranian lawyers have protested to a draft bill that undermines their independence and in effect replaces the Iranian Bar Association with a group of judiciary officials appointed by the government. Based on the draft the Judiciary will form a new body named the “Supreme Council for the Coordination of Lawyers’ Affairs” that will be based …

Radiofarda – A prominent dissident jailed in Iran attempted suicide in prison to protest the situation of political prisoners and possibly the harassment of his family by security and intelligence organs. Mohammad Nourizad signed a petition along with fourteen other dissidents in June 2019 demanding the resignation of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. They were all arrested and eight individuals …

Radiofarda – The Foreign Ministry of Afghanistan says “a comprehensive investigation” is underway about Afghans being mistreated and allegedly pushed into a river by Iranian border guards. Earlier, reports said that Iranian guards had mistreated a group of Afghan citizens, drowning them in Harīrūd River, on the Iran-Afghanistan border. The Islamic Republic of Iran has categorically denied the allegations. Several …

Radiofarda – President Hassan Rouhani’s spokesman says Tehran will show a “hard reaction” to the extension of the arms embargo against Iran due to end in October. The spokesman said signatories of the 2015 nuclear agreement and the UN Security Council members know that extending the arms embargo against Iran will entail “serious consequences not only for the nuclear agreement …

Radiofarda – An outspoken conservative legislator in Iran has lambasted the Islamic Republic government for wasting the national treasury by offering U.S. dollars to some companies at a preferential low rate in 2018. Currently, one dollar is exchanged for more than 160,000 rials in the local markets, but the government offers a rate almost fourfold lower. Based on the official …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s annual Quds Day rallies are “unlikely” to be held this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, the spokesman of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Ramezan Sharif said on Sunday. For more coronavirus news, visit our dedicated page. Al-Quds is the Arabic name for the city of Jerusalem, and the IRGC’s external operations branch is named the Quds …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian was taken to the Qarchak Prison of Varamin on Saturday, May 2, 2020. She is reportedly being held in the Quarantine Ward of this prison. Zeinab Jalalian was abruptly transferred out of the Prison of Khoy on Monday, April 27, without anyone knowing of where she was being taken to. On May 2, a …