IHR Warns Against Deportation of Iranian Journalist from Turkey to Iran
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Mohammad Mosaed, investigative journalist and winner of the 2020 International Press Freedom Award, has been…
Month: January 2021
Lebanon’s Hezbollah erects Soleimani statues, dividing supporters on Iran propaganda
Al-Arabia - Traditionally adorned with pictures of Iranian proxy group Hezbollah’s martyrs and leaders, the southern suburbs of Beirut, the…
Businessman recently arrested by Iran gov’t while ‘fleeing’ is US citizen: Report
Al-Arabia - Iran recently arrested an American businessman while he was “fleeing” the country, NBC News reported on Monday. Emad…
Iran’s Zarif to France: Avoid ‘Absurd Nonsense’ about Tehran’s Nuclear Work
VOA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday dismissed a claim by France that Tehran was in the…
Iran: Prisoner Fateh Ghaderi Executed in Sanandaj
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, has been executed in Sanandaj Central Prison. According to…
Outcry Over Power Outages, Smog Forces Iran To Act Against Bitcoin Miners
RFL/RE - Iranian authorities are blaming power outages and worsening air pollution in cities across the country on the energy…
Have the Worms in the Cesspit Started to Eat Each Other?
Iranwire - Over the past four decades in Iran, since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, there have been periodic waves of…
Fears of a Fourth Covid-19 Wave Approaching Iran
Iranwire - According to the National Coronavirus Taskforce, 10 cities in the northern province of Mazandaran are in a red state…
Whither the IRGC of the 2020s?
Iranwire - Is Iran’s Proxy Warfare Strategy of Forward Defense Sustainable? Alex Vatanka explores this question for New America. Soleimani’s assassination, increased tensions…
Biden Names Iran, Ukraine Veterans To Top State Department Posts
RFL/RE - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Wendy Sherman, the country’s lead negotiator of the 2015 nuclear deal with…