Iranian Christian convert starts hunger strike protesting continued rights violation
Iran-HRM - Iranian Christian convert Ebrahim Firoozi has gone on hunger strike since Feb. 13, demanding a ‘complete acquittal’ of…
Month: February 2021
Iran: Soha Mortezaei’s 6 Year Sentence Upheld for Protesting her Education Ban
Iran Human Rights (IHR)- Branch 54 of the Tehran Court of Appeals has upheld a six-year prison sentence for Soha…
Zara Mohammadi’s 5 Year Sentence Upheld for Teaching Kurdish Language
Iran Human Rights - Kurdish language teacher and human rights defender, Zara Mohammadi, has been notified by text of her five-year…
Prisoner Saeed Ali-Mohammadi Executed in Mazandaran, Iran
Iran Human Rights (IHR)- Saeed Ali-Mohammadi, a prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, has been executed at Nour Prison, Mazandaran. According…
Ghosts that Haunt President Biden
gatestoneinstitute.org - The slogan "diplomacy is back" is equally meaningless.... Diplomacy is a method of pursuing the goals of a…
IRAN: DECADE-LONG ARBITRARY HOUSE ARREST OF DISSIDENTS MUST END
Amnesty - The Iranian authorities must immediately end the unlawful and arbitrary detention of former presidential candidates Mehdi Karroubi and…
Fuel Tanker Explosion Triggers Massive Fire At Afghan-Iranian Border
RFL/RE -- A fuel tanker exploded on the Afghan-Iranian border on February 13, causing a massive fire and a chain…
Iran Sees Risk of Fourth COVID Wave Fed by Mutant Virus
VOA - Iran's health minister warned Saturday of a fourth COVID-19 surge with the possible spread of a mutated virus…
Two killed, 14 wounded in large gas explosion in Iran’s Ardabil: Report
Al-Arabia - Two people were killed and 14 others were injured in a gas explosion at a residential complex in…
Iran’s Rouhani warns of ‘fourth wave’ of COVID-19, says some cities on ‘red’ alert
Al-Arabia - Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani warned Saturday of a Covid-19 “fourth wave” as cases rise in certain areas of…