Authoritarian Countries Increasingly Target Critics Abroad, Monitor Says
VOA - China, Russia, Turkey and Iran are some of the world’s authoritarian countries that have increasingly spread political repression…
Month: February 2021
Iran: Eight Baluchi and Ahwazi Arab prisoners at risk amid alarming rise in executions
Amnesty - Iranian authorities must immediately halt any plans to execute four Baluchi and four Ahwazi Arab men amid an…
Russian Sputnik V first vaccine to arrive in Iran
Al-Monitor - Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine is the first vaccine to arrive in Iran, as the country warns that…
Untangling the Spiders’ web of Fascism – the Chain Murders of Iran (part 3)
During 1988-1998 there were a series of murders and disappearances in Iran involving certain Iranian intellectuals and dissidents, a majority…
Iranian Diplomat Sentenced To 20 Years For Role In Foiled Bomb Attack
RFL/RE - A diplomat has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a court in Belgium over a foiled…
Iran Defends Hosting Taliban Delegation Despite Decades-Old Attacks In Afghanistan
RFL/RE - Iran is defending its hosting of a senior Taliban delegation for an entire week in a move that…
US Seeks Seizure of Iranian Oil Aboard Tanker
VOA - The United States has filed a case seeking to seize Iranian oil aboard a tanker with suspected links to…
Iranian Dissidents Urge Biden to Press Tehran on Human Rights, Democracy
VOA - A group of Iranian dissidents has urged U.S. President Joe Biden to support their demands for secular democracy and respect for human…
Iran Human Rights Monitor, Monthly Report – January 2021
Iran-HRM - While the death toll of Iran’s coronavirus outbreak is nearing 210,000, the regime continued to dither on purchasing…
Iranian political prisoner denied urgent treatment for severe burns
Iran-HRM - Political prisoner Gholam Hossein Kalbi has been denied urgent medical treatment after he suffered severe burns to his…