Radiofarda – The assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was believed to have been at the heart of Iran’s past, covert Iranian nuclear activities, has put the Islamic republic in a difficult spot. The brazenness of the attack, which took place outside the Iranian capital on November 27, dealt an embarrassing blow to the clerical establishment at a time of unprecedented pressure due …

RFL/RE – An Iranian constitutional watchdog has approved a law requiring the government to suspend United Nations inspections of the country’s nuclear facilities and step up uranium enrichment beyond the limit set under the 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers if sanctions are not eased in one month. The Guardians Council approved the legislation on December 2, a …

Amnesty – The Iranian authorities must immediately halt imminent plans to amputate the fingers of six men convicted of robbery following unfair trials and torture-tainted “confessions”, said Amnesty International in a detailed analysis released today. The analysis reveals horrific figures, provided to the organization by a human rights group, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, that over the past two decades, on average, the Iranian authorities have …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Mohammad Maleki, a prominent human rights activist, the first president of the University of Tehran after the 1979 revolution and one of the founders of LEGAM (the step by step abolition of the death penalty), has passed away at 87. Iran Human Rights extends its condolences to his family and to the people of Iran. …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – According to information obtained by IHR, Ahmadreza Djalali’s death sentence was not carried out this morning but he remains at imminent risk of execution. Yesterday, IHR reported that according to his family, he was due to be transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison in preparation for the implementation of his death sentence. Today, authorities informed Ahmadreza’s …

CHRI —The return of Nasrin Sotoudeh to Gharchak Prison, reported today, December 2, 2020, by her husband, is condemned in the strongest terms, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a statement today. “Nasrin Sotoudeh’s return to prison is a travesty of justice that endangers her life and reflects the Iranian authorities’ complete contempt for the rule of law,” …

The Iranian National Commission for UNESCO honored actress Jaleh Olov, Iranian actor and voice actor with a lifetime achievement award on the margins of the Selfie 20 Short Film Festival in Tehran on Monday. The 93-year-old Olov expressed her thanks to the organizers in a video message screened during the closing ceremony of the festival, and said, “I am proud of …

VOA – The wife of an Iranian-Swedish medical doctor sentenced to death in Iran for alleged espionage says authorities have ordered his transfer to a prison where he could face imminent execution. Speaking to VOA Persian from her home in Sweden on Tuesday, Vida Mehran Nia said she learned earlier in the day that her husband Ahmad Reza Jalali was …

Al-Aarbia – US President-elect Joe Biden will insist Iran agrees to new demands if it wants the US to return to a nuclear deal and lift sanctions, The New York Times said Wednesday. The Times said the Biden administration would seek to extend the duration of “restrictions on Iran’s production of fissile material that could be used to make a …

iranwire.com – An official at the Tehran Chamber of Commerce has announced that there will be few obstacles in Iran obtaining US-manufactured Covid-19 vaccines since 30 percent of the drugs entering Iran each month come from the United States anyway. “Issues such as sanctions or money transfers do not pose any obstacle to the import of vaccines,” Nasser Riahi, Deputy Chairman …