RFL/RE – Kameel Ahmady spent years in Iran compiling research into the treatment of some of the most vulnerable elements of society.His widely praised anthropological work shone a light on child marriage, sexual orientation, minorities and ethnicity, as well as official silence over the ongoing practice in Iran of female genital mutilation.More recently, with a long prison sentence pending as …

RFL/RE – An Iranian official suspected of instigating the killing of an Iranian dissident in 2019 has been arrested in Turkey, Reuters has reported. Masud Molavi Vardanjani was killed in Istanbul in November 2019. Quoting unnamed sources, Reuters said it had confirmed a report by Turkey’s Sabah newspaper that Mohammad Reza Naserzadeh was detained earlier this week on suspicion of …

VOA – An Iranian journalist has told VOA that authorities have given him an effective two-year prison sentence and other punishments for writing about a corruption case against a senior Iranian official’s relative, making him the latest journalist to face official retaliation for his work in the Islamic Republic. In a Tuesday Skype video interview with VOA Persian from his …

Iranwire – Turkish media outlets have provided new details about the murder of Massoud Molavi Vardanjani, a prominent critic of the Islamic Republic and curator of the Black Box Telegram channel, who was killed in Istanbul in 2019. Last March Turkish officials accused Iranian diplomatic personnel of ordering and coordinating the attack. Now Sabah newspaper reports that an employee at the Iranian consulate …

Iranwire – Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is never long out of the headlines, or out of the public eye. He is famous for regularly addressing world leaders, treating them to his opinions, outrage and promises. In the last week alone, Ahmadinejad has written to the presidents of the United States, Russia and Iran. Although these letters appear to have …

VOA – The Taliban’s meeting last month with high-ranking Iranian officials in Tehran is seen by some experts as an effort by the Iranian regime to increase its leverage in negotiations with the Biden administration and maintain influence in Afghan politics. Iran hosted a Taliban delegation, led by its deputy leader, Mullah Baradar, for a week, saying it was “part …

Iran-HRM – The authorities of the Central Prison of Tabriz prevented medical treatment of political prisoner Massoumeh Senobari on Wednesday, February 10, 2021. She has developed cancerous mass in her breast while being interrogated under vicious torture. Presently, she suffers from severe pain and is suspected of breast cancer. An informed source says about Massoumeh Senobari: “The situation in the clinic of …

Al-Monitor – France, Germany and the United Kingdom are calling on Iran to roll back its newly announced production of uranium metal, in what the European powers warned could complicate diplomacy as the Biden administration seeks to renter the landmark nuclear deal.  The United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said this week that Iran has produced a …

(Reuters) – Iran’s oil reserves risk becoming stranded assets unless the new U.S. administration eases sanctions that have left the country lagging rivals in output capacity and losing a race against time as the transition to low carbon energy gathers pace.FILE PHOTO: A gas flare on an oil production platform is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Gulf July …

Al-Arabia – The ‘E3’ group of leading European powers – France, Germany and the United Kingdom – on Friday condemned Iran’s decision to produce uranium metal, which they said was in breach of commitments made by Iran to the international community. The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog had said earlier this week that Iran had followed through on its plan to …