Al-Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz called on the international community to recognize the danger of Iran’s role in supporting terrorism, extremism and sectarianism, a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. “The Kingdom affirms the danger of the regional project by the Iranian regime, and we reject its interference in internal affairs and its …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s state television aired a short video on Wednesday in which a Sweden-based Iranian Arab opposition figure that Tehran said it recently detained abroad appeared to confess to involvement in terrorist attacks. An Iranian lawmaker said earlier this month that Iranian intelligence agents captured Habib Chaab – also known as Habib Eseywed – abroad and took him to the capital …

iranwire.com – A Kurdish political prisoner serving a life sentence has been transferred from Kermanshah Prison to Yazd Prison, despite suffering complications from coronavirus and a decline in her overall health. It is the fourth time she has been transferred in the last six months. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, Zeinab Jalalian, who is serving the longest prison term of any …

RFL/RE – Iran keeps increasing its stockpile of low-enriched uranium far beyond the limits set in a landmark nuclear agreement with world powers and continues to enrich it to a higher purity than allowed, the UN’s atomic watchdog agency said on November 11.The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in its quarterly report seen by the media that Iran, as …

iranwire.com – The curfew on non-essential businesses and services went into effect in many Iranian cities and provinces at 6pm on Tuesday, November 10. The National Coronavirus Taskforce and President Rouhani both announced that these new restrictions would greatly affect the number of coronavirus infections. Health minister Saeed Namaki has predicted that the number of coronavirus fatalities will fall by …

iranwire.com – A spider weaves its web to catch other insects. But the important point is that this web is not meant to trap the spider itself. Four decades since the foundation of the Islamic Republic, it seems the Iranian regime has been trapped in a web of its own making. Its consecutive political and economic failures are the threads …

VOA – Iranian authorities have taken new steps to suppress dissent in a restive southwestern city days before the first anniversary of the start of nationwide protests that ended in a deadly government crackdown. A prosecutor’s office in the town of Behbahan in Khuzestan province summoned dozens of residents earlier this month to face questioning for alleged national security offenses, …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoners Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi and Payam Shakiba, held in Evin Prison, have been denied medical treatment despite showing symptoms of COVID-19. The political prisoners have experienced fever, headache, lethargy, the loss of smell and taste since about a week ago. In addition to his age, 65-year-old Banazadeh Amirkhizi has serious medical conditions, including heart failure which puts him at …

RFL/RE – Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian human rights lawyer who was temporarily released from prison last week, has tested positive for the coronavirus, her husband has said. Reza Khandan wrote on Facebook on November 11 that his wife contracted the virus at the Gharchak women’s prison in Tehran, where she was transferred last month. The conditions at the prison were …

Al-Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman met with the United States Special Envoy to Iran Elliot Abrams to discuss regional cooperation between the two countries, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Wednesday. The two discussed bilateral relations, including how to enhance the stability of the region, as well as how to handle ongoing …