Friday , 29 March 2024

Monthly Archives: October 2020

Tehran On Lockdown After Covid Spike

Radiofarda – Following an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Tehran, the Tehran Governor’s Office announced new closures and restrictions in the surrounding province beginning Saturday, October 3. The Tehran Governor’s Office ordered the closure of educational centers, mosques and Prayer sites, cinemas, theaters, museums and museum-gardens, reception halls, hairdressers and beauty salons, social and cultural events and …

Read More »

Kuwait’s New Emir Meets Senior U.S. And Iranian Officials

Radiofarda – Kuwait’s new Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Sunday met senior U.S., Iranian and Gulf officials who separately paid respects over the death of the Gulf Arab state’s former ruler. Sheikh Nawaf assumed power after the death last Tuesday of his brother, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad. The late emir balanced ties between larger neighbours Saudi Arabia and Iran and …

Read More »

Make Life Unsafe For Bad-Hijabs, Ayatollahs Urge Iranian Police

Radiofarda – The two Friday Prayer Imams’ calls to “make the surroundings unsafe” for women who do not observe the hijab have triggered adverse reactions on Iranian social media. Isfahan’s Friday Prayer Imam, Yousef Tabatabei-Nejad, who has a long history of calling for a crackdown on women presumed to be “bad-hijab,” once again urged Iran’s security and intelligence agents to …

Read More »

Names of 20 Protesters Killed in November Protests in Northwest Iran

Iran-HRM – Nearly one year after the nationwide protests in November 2019, Iran Human Rights Monitor has verified the names of 20 other protesters who were killed by security forces during the protests in the southwest city of Mahshahr. The list has been compiled based on eyewitness testimonies and credible sources inside Iran. The names of 20 people killed in a …

Read More »

A Few Global Concerns that Affect Us All

gatestoneinstitute.org – Now, I believe, the US is taking measures to prevent the Chinese Communist Party from dominating the world, stealing American secrets, further imposing their system on the US and benefiting from US trade in a way that they do not allow the US to benefit…. People realize this is an evil, dark regime that many people have been …

Read More »

Iran Warns Armenia Azerbaijan Against Border Incursions

Radiofarda – Iran warned on Saturday against any “intrusion” by Armenian and Azerbaijani forces fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region after mortar fire hit Iranian villages along the border. “Any intrusion upon our country’s territory by either side of the conflict is intolerable (and) we seriously warn all sides to take the necessary precautions in this regard,” foreign ministry spokesman …

Read More »

Attorney: Iran Temporarily Releases French-Iranian Academic From Jail

VOA – Iran has temporarily released French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, who has been in jail after being convicted of security breaches, her lawyer said Saturday on Twitter. “Fariba Adelkhah has come out [of prison] on leave with an electronic ankle bracelet,” Saeid Dehghan said in a tweet, without giving any other details of the release. There was no immediate official …

Read More »

Covid-19 Positive Female Political Prisoner Denied Medical Treatment

Iran-HRM – A female political prisoner held ad Tabriz Prison has tested positive for Covid-19 disease. Masoumeh Senobari contracted the virus after the authorities refused to quarantine infected prisoners. An informed source about the condition of this political prisoner said: “Masoumeh Sanobari coughs badly. She also has a high fever, and suffers from fore throat, dry mouth, lung pain and …

Read More »

IOPHR’s open letter to the UN Human Rights Rapporteur in regards to the critical situation of Mr. Behnam Mahjoubi

Shabtabnews – In an open letter the IOPHR draws the attentions of Javaid Rehmanthe the United Nations Human Rights Rapporteur for Iran to the “wave of widespread detentions, without any explanation from the Iranian security officials, and the emergence of a growing dissatisfaction amongst Iranian citizens. Especially, amongst the millions of Gonabadi Sufis.” The letter also points to the cases …

Read More »

Khamenei Representatives Declare Support For Azerbaijan In Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

Radiofarda – In an unprecedented move, the representatives of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, and Zanjan, have issued a joint statement supporting the Republic of Azerbaijan. “There is no doubt that Nagorno-Karabakh belongs to Azerbaijan and its government’s move to recapture the region is completely legal, according to Shari’a, …

Read More »
0