Iran-HRM – Regime officials have also increased pressure on prisoners in various cities across the country. Inmates in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) are suffering from food shortages and starvation. Iran HRM has been told authorities at the GTP have increased pressure on prisoners in section 2.Inmates are reportedly being held in poor conditions, and that they lack sufficient access to food and hot …

Radiofarda – Iran’s foreign ministry on Saturday described a U.S.-brokered Sudan-Israel deal to normalise ties as “phoney” and accused Khartoum of paying a ransom in return for Washington removing it from a list of state sponsors of terrorism. The deal agreed on Friday marked the third Arab government after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to set aside hostilities with …

Radiofarda – Ukraine’s Prosecutor-General is seeking a sentence of “three years in prison” for the suspects involved in the downing of a Ukrainian plane outside Tehran. In a statement, Ukraine’s Prosecutor-General’s Office said that the Kyiv delegation that traveled to Tehran for the second round of talks on the downing of Ukraine International Airline (UIA) Flight 752 is prioritizing justice …

Radiofarda – Iran says the era of oil for goods will officially start within a week, per the Minister of Oil and the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), who announced the government’s plan to exchange oil for goods and expressed hope that Iran’s foreign trade would increase. In a joint meeting with the Ministers of Industry, Mines …

Radiofarda – A young Iranian woman who rode a bicycle without wearing a hijab has spurred angry protests by hard-liners in Najafabad, a conservative city in Iran’s central province of Isfahan. The unnamed woman was arrested earlier this week. Iranian authorities say her “motives” are being investigated. But her current whereabouts are unknown and it is not clear if she …

CHRI – As part of a new policy to isolate political prisoners by incarcerating them alongside common criminals at various prisons in Iran, three women convicted of national security crimes for opposing Iran’s mandatory hijab laws were recently transferred out of Evin Prison’s Women’s Ward, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. Yasaman Ariyani and her mother …

gatestoneinstitute.org – By taking a robust approach to some of the region’s more intractable issues… such as relocating the American embassy to Jerusalem, the US has produced a number of profound changes to the regional landscape, the consequences of which are likely to be felt for many years to come. The breakthrough in the peace process, moreover, has resulted in …

nytimes.com – The #MeToo movement has hit a nerve among Iran’s women. Now accusations against a politically connected celebrity artist are testing the movement in a sexually conservative society dominated by men. Three years into the global #MeToo movement, women who say they have been sexually assaulted are improbably going public in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The movement’s reach …

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement USCRIF stated : ” What started as a concerning situation for religious minorities in #Iran has grown even more alarming during the #COVID19 pandemic. “ What started as a concerning situation for religious minorities in #Iran has grown even more alarming during the #COVID19 pandemic. Learn more in this week's episode of USCIRF Spotlight …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s health ministry on Friday reported a record 6,134 new coronavirus cases for the previous 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 556,891 in the Middle East’s hardest-hit country. For more coronavirus news, visit our dedicated page. Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state TV that 335 people had died from the disease in the past 24 hours, bringing …