Radiofarda – At least two explosions have hit convoys supplying U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq in the last 24 hours, security sources said, the first on Monday evening near the southern border with Kuwait and the second on Tuesday north of Baghdad. The explosions, which caused no casualties but did some material damage, are the latest in a string of …

Radiofarda- Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Esmaili on Tuesday announced that a former lawmaker has been arrested in connection with a massive corruption case in which the current Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf allegedly paid 650 billion rials (around $25 million at the time) in bribes. Esmaili did not disclose the name of the lawmaker or his role in the corruption case. The …

Radiofarda – Owj Arts and Media Organization is one of many institutions affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), aiming at propagation of its hardliner ideology and shaping Iran’s culture to fit the agenda of the Islamic Republic. Ehsan Mohammad-Hasani head of Owj Cinematic organization (C) alongside with IRGC’s commanders during the referral ceremony of IRGC’s Commander in Cheif, April 24, …

CHRI – The prominent labor activist Jafar Azimzadeh, who should have been released from prison in February 2020 as part of a broad state-issued pardon and who has since contracted COVID-19 while he was kept at Tehran’s Evin Prison, has been quickly convicted under new charges, upheld on Appeal, in order to keep him behind bars, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. …

CHRi – Prominent Labor Activists, Lawyer and Journalist Among Those Falling Ill Political prisoners in Iran—including prominent labor leaders Esmail Abdi and Jafar Azimzadeh, the human rights attorney Amirsalar Davouudi, the journalist Majid Azarpey and others—are contracting the COVID-19 virus at alarming rates. Twelve prisoners in Evin Prison’s Ward 8 have contracted COVID-19, Monir Abdi, the wife of the teachers’ rights activist Esmail Abdi, told …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Two brothers who had been sentenced to qisas (retribution in-kind) for murder were executed in Tabriz Central Prison.  According to HRANA news agency, on the morning of Thursday, August 6, two brothers on death row were executed in Tabriz Central Prison. Their identities have now been established as Gholamreza and Ali Tahouneh. Gholamreza Tahouneh and his younger …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution in-kind) for “murder during a mass dispute” was executed at Sanandaj Central Prison, after spending 13 years on death row. According to Iran Human Rights, a man was executed at Sanandaj Central Prison this morning. His identity has been established as 39 year old Fayegh Ahmadi. An informed source …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Three prisoners on death row on narcotics charges were executed in Qom Central Prison on Tuesday and Wednesday last week. According to Iran Human Rights, two of the prisoners were executed in Qom Central Prison on Tuesday, August 4. Their identities have been established as Abolfazl Bigzadeh, around 25 years old, and Rouhollah Sabzi, around …

aljazeera.com – Iranian courts sentenced two men to 10 years each in jail for spying on the country for the United Kingdom, Germany and Israel in separate cases. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said one of the men, Massud Mossaheb, had been “spying for Mossad and Germany in the guise” of the general secretary of the Austrian-Iranian Society. Mossaheb was found …

Shabtabnews – USCIRF Commissioner calls on Iranian regime to cease immediately its appalling mistreatment of Sunni detainees. USCIRF Commissioner @USCIRF_Bauer: "Iran must cease immediately its appalling mistreatment of Sunni detainees. We call on #Iran's government to drop these sentences and the associated charges that were imposed following severe judicial misconduct.” https://t.co/GUYgHbRBNt— USCIRF (@USCIRF) August 10, 2020