Iranwire – Yesterday at dawn positions held by Syrian regime forces and Iranian militias in the vicinity of the city of Hama in central Syria were shelled by Israeli aircraft from Lebanese airspace, according to Syria’s official SANA news agency. A military source told IranWire that the explosions that were heard at around 4am in Tartus, Baniyas and Hama were …

Iran-HRM – The special guards’ unit of the Central Prison of Urmia went on rampage to terrorize the prisoners detained in this prison. On Thursday, January 21, 2021, the special guards’ unit of the Central Prison of Urmia held a maneuver with all its equipment to create an atmosphere of fear and terror among inmates. The special guards’ unit entered …

Iran-HRM – Political activist Yousef Kari was transferred to the dispensary of the Prison of Ardabil on the seventh day of his hunger strike. Mr. Kari protested the insults and foul language used by the prison’s observer assistant prosecutor against him by going on hunger strike. Violation of the rights of political prisoners as well as his segregation and transfer …

Iranwire – On Wednesday, January 20, Joe Biden was inaugurated as 46th President of the United States. With the US rejoining the Paris climate accords within hours of his instalment in the White House, followed by the World Health Organization earlier today, there is every sign that the lifelong Democrat and former vice-president in the Obama administration is already making …

Iranwire – After nearly two months of denial, a senior official in Khuzestan has admitted the province has been hit by an outbreak of Hepatitis A. Mohammad Nejatipour, the governor of Baghmalek county in the northern part of the province, confirmed 17 positive cases among residents of the village of Lalab in Mangesht district, as well as in other areas. Prior …

Iranwire – The average price of the dollar in the first month of winter decreased by about 17 percent compared to the first month of autumn. According to Iran’s Central Bank statistics, in September last year the average price of the US dollar was 29,342 tomans on the black market. The average market price in January has reached 25,000 tomans. However, …

VOA – Prominent Iran-based and Iranian diaspora critics of Tehran’s Islamist rulers have differing expectations about how far U.S. President Joe Biden will go to implement his promised new approach to dealing with Iran’s objectionable behavior. Biden, who took office on Wednesday, has vowed to use diplomacy in coordination with U.S. allies to try to rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Pouya Ghobadi has been transferred to the quarantine of the notorious Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) after protesting shortage of food in GTP’s Ward 2. He has been quarantined in Hall 6 of Ward 2 as punishment for protesting shortage of food along with other prisoners on January 19, 2021. All the inmates detained in Hall 9 …

Iran-HRM – More than 4.5 months since Navid Afkari was cowardly executed by the clerical regime in Adelabad Prison of Shiraz, his two elder brothers, Habib and Vahid Afkari continue to remain in solitary confinement in that prison. No reason or explanations have been provided for their continued detention. Their family’s inquiries to find out about their conditions has led …

Iran-HRM – 33 executions carried out in Iran in the span of one month The clerical regime’s human rights dossier must be referred to the UN Security Council Two executions carried out in the prisons of Sanandaj and Zahedan on January 18 and 19, brought to 33 the number of prisoners executed in Iran in just one month from December …