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Month: November 2020

Iran: Prisoner Jafar Hassani Executed in Rasht

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, has been executed at Rasht Central Prison.…

Facebook closes suspicious accounts from Iran, Muslim Brotherhood

Al-Monitor - Facebook removed several accounts purportedly from Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood for coordinated activity they each conducted in…

Jailed human rights lawyer Sotoudeh given furlough: Iran judiciary

Al-Arabia - Jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been granted temporary release, the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan Online news website…

UN Agency Calls On Iran To Speed Probe Into Downing Of Ukraine-Bound Plane

RFL/RE - A UN agency has called on Iran to speed up its investigation into a Kyiv-bound passenger plane mistakenly…

Patriarchy and Unjust Laws Create Obstacles for Women’s Employment in Iran

iranwire.com - In Iran, many women have successful careers but end up agreeing to be housewives at the request of…

Weekly Review of Coronavirus Disinformation in Iran: Tests, More Tests and Statistics

iranwire.com - We are halfway through the ninth month after the coronavirus outbreak in Iran and, according to official figures,…

IRGC Joins ‘War With Soaring Prices’

Radiofarda - Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Hossein Salami, announced a new "headquarters" on Wednesday to…

Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and Zahra Safaei Threatened to Death in Qarchak Prison

Iran-HRM - Once again, a woman hired and provoked by the head of Qarchak Prison in Varamin, assailed female political…

Iranians In A Frenzy Following Drawn-Out U.S. Presidential Vote

RFL/RE - Iranians have been watching the U.S. presidential race carefully due to the possible impact the results could have…

The Rise and Fall (and Another Fall) of the Tehran Stock Exchange

iranwire.com - Over the last four decades, the Tehran Stock Exchange has experienced many ups and downs, from semi-closure in the…