Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Nasrin Sotoudeh was transferred to Qarchak Prison in Varamin from Evin Prison this morning under the pretext of being taken to a medical centre. This is while “according to (medical) experts she should have been taken to the hospital for immediate heart examinations and angiographic surgery.” According to Iran Human Rights (IHR), this morning, October …

Iran Human Rights (IHR)- The death sentence of Barzan Nasrollahzadeh, a Sunni prisoner who was under 18 years of age at the time of his arrest, has been overturned by the Supreme Court. According to Iran Human Rights, the death sentence of Barzan Nasrollahzadeh was overturned in the Supreme Court and his case has now been sent to a branch …

Al-Monitor – “We should make peace when the right time has come,” said Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani last week in a historical reference to Islam’s second Shiite leader Imam Hassan, who clinched a peace agreement with his enemies in the seventh century. Perhaps Rouhani did not anticipate the tremendous backlash from his opponents, who accused the moderate president of exploiting and distorting Imam Hassan’s story to justify …

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement USCRIF called on the Iranian regime to provide information on Soheil Arabi. USCIRF calls on #Iran to provide information on the whereabouts of prisoner of conscience Soheil Arabi, sentenced in 2015 to 7.5 years in prison for online comments deemed insulting to Islam. https://t.co/a1VUwIgn09— USCIRF (@USCIRF) October 19, 2020

christianpost.com – According to the reports of multiple international organizations, Iran is one of the primary sources and points of exchange – both in terms of import and export – of human trafficking and sex slaves in the world. The following constitutes a brief summary of some of the most appalling statistics regarding the Iranian regime’s engagement in these practices over the past 20 …

Al-Arabia – Iran recorded on Tuesday 5,039 new daily coronavirus cases, the highest since the pandemic began, according to the country’s Ministry of Health.

Radiofarda – The United States said on October 19 that it has blacklisted two Chinese men and six Chinese entities for their dealings with an Iranian shipping company that the United States sanctioned earlier this year. The previously targeted Iranian company is the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), the U.S. State Department said. “Today, we reiterate a warning …

Radiofarda – The chairman of the Iranian Home Appliances Trade Union, Akbar Pazouki, says that the decrease in Iranian citizens’ purchasing power has caused a 50% drop in household device sales compared with last year. Pazouki told Mehr News Agency on Sunday that home appliance sales have fallen, and the market is “almost stagnant” due to rampant rising prices and …

RFL/RE – Iran is hosting officials from Ukraine in a second round of talks over compensation for a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed shortly after takeoff in Tehran in January after being struck by two missiles, killing 176 people. Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevhen Yenin and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohsen Baharwand met in Tehran on October 19 at the …

Iran-HRM – A political prisoner set fire to himself in front of the prison’s deputy warden and observer judge. The incident happened on Sunday, October 18, in the Central Prison of Urmia. Adel Mokarram who suffered burns in the right foot has been transferred to solitary confinement. He is presently on hunger strike in protest to his undetermined status in …