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Month: August 2020

US Presses for Extension of UN Arms Embargo on Iran

VOA - The United States is pressing ahead with plans to push for the extension of a U.N. arms embargo…

US Iran Envoy Brian Hook Stepping Down, to Be Replaced by Elliott Abrams

VOA - U.S. Iran envoy Brian Hook is leaving his post and U.S. Venezuela envoy Elliott Abrams will add Iran…

In Lebanon, Shock Turns to Fury

VOA - Numbness and shock at first — now fury. The massive blast at Beirut's port Tuesday night that wrecked…

Political Prisoner Majid Assadi Under Vicious Interrogation on New Case

Iran-HRM - Political prisoner Majid Assadi as well as Mohammad Bannazadeh Amirkhizi, and Payam Shakiba continue to be under interrogation…

Iran: Prisoner Mehrzad Jalalvand executed at Rasht Central Prison

Iran Human Rights (IHR); August 7, 2020: A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution in-kind) for murder has been executed at…

Iran: Prisoner Jaffar Tayebi executed in Qom

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution in-kind) for “premeditated murder” has been executed in Qom…

China’s Genocide Machine in Xinjiang

gatestoneinstitute.org Crimes against humanity that meet the UN definition of genocide are being inflicted by Chinese troops on their Turkic…

Moscow boosts ties with Tehran as US-Iran tensions escalate

Al-Monitor - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Moscow last month for the third time in the past six…

Continual Death Threats against Jurist Scholar and Human Rights Activist Dr. Azmayesh, Mr. Ahrari of Kalameh TV & other Activists

Shabtabnews - In a virtual International Religious Freedom Roundtable with Ambassador at Large Sam Brownback, Mr. Hamid Gharagozloo, the U.S.…

Iran’s Oil Exports In July Drop To Around 100,000 BPD

Radiofarda - The latest data provided to Radio Farda by Kepler, an international data intelligence firm to Radio Farda, show…