15 Kurdish Civil Activists Arrested in Different Cities in Iran
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - At least 15 civil activists, students and environmental activists have been arrested in Marivan, Karaj,…
Month: January 2021
US labels deputy head of Iraq’s PMU a terrorist
Al-Monitor - The United States labeled the chief of staff of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units a designated global terrorist Wednesday in…
The US State Dept imposes the first-ever U.S. sanctions on revolutionary courts and judges
Shabtabnews - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the the first-ever U.S. sanctions on revolutionary courts and judges for…
IRAN: FURTHER INFORMATION: EXECUTION RISK FOR IRANIAN-SWEDISH ACADEMIC: AHMADREZA DJALALI
Amnesty - Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali has been held incommunicado in Tehran’s Evin prison since 24 November 2020, when he…
US Warns Iran Fueling Potential al-Qaida Resurgence
VOA - Far from potentially fading into obscurity, one of the world’s most feared jihadist terrorist organizations may be poised…
Rafsanjani Children in Public Fallout Over Trump and Iran’s Future
Iranwire - The children of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani have engaged in a public war of words about…
The Double Standards and Hypocrisy of Social Media Giants
gatestoneinstitute.org - What, however, about Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who constantly tweets anti-Semitic and incendiary tweets and whose…
Iran Holds Missile Drills Amid Tensions With U.S.
RFL/RE - Iran's military has launched short-range naval missile drills in the Gulf of Oman, state media reported, amid heightened…
Iran Sentences Azerbaijani Turk Activist to 3 Years in Prison for Joining 2020 Pro-Azerbaijan Street Protest
VOA - Iran has sentenced an activist from its Azerbaijani Turk ethnic minority to an effective three-year prison term for…
Fate of seized South Korean tanker, crew out of Iran’s hands, says foreign minister
Al-Monitor - The release of South Korea’s seized oil tanker and its crew is now a matter of the courts…