Iran’s Zarif says he won’t run for president
Al-Monitor - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gave an absolute “no” to questions about whether he will run in…
Month: December 2020
Reprisal Murders Targeting Journalists Doubled In 2020, New Report Finds
RFL/RE - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says 21 journalists worldwide were singled out for murder in reprisal for…
Impunity, Courage and the Pandemic: IranWire’s Review of 2020
Iranwire.com - We may yet remember 2020 as the year that apathy died. During the pandemic, billions of people have…
Iranians Demand: “Buy the Vaccine!”
Iranwire.com - Yalda, the longest night in the northern hemisphere, when Iranians gather with friends and family to celebrate “the…
Weekly Censorship Review: Iranian Journalists Work Under the Threat of Kidnapping and Execution
Iranwire.com - BBC Persian journalists have told United Nations experts they continue to receive death threats from Iranian agents, and…
Corrupt to the Core: The Long List of Corrupt Iranian Officials
Iranwire.com - A politician has released details of a wide-ranging report on corruption among some of Iran’s well-known officials, just…
Iran Nuclear Deal Parties Ready to Address Potential US Return
VOA - The remaining signatories of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal Monday expressed “their readiness to positively address” the potential…
New warden of Qarchak Prison threatens political prisoners with new attacks
Iran-HRM - Soghra Khodadadi, the new warden of Qarchak Prison, has threatened to attack political prisoners in this prison, again.…
Political prisoners Mohammad Amirkhizi and Payam Shakiba transferred to Rajaishahr Prison
Iran-HRM - Political prisoners Mohammad Amirkhizi and Payam Shakiba were transferred from Evin Prison in Tehran to Rajaishahr Prison in…
Baluchi prisoner executed in Central Prison of Zahedan without Proof of Crime
Iran-HRM - After eight years of imprisonment and while his crime had not been proven in court, a Baluchi prisoner…