Iran Report 2020: Execution of Ethnic Minorities
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - In 2020, there was a sharp increase in the number of executions implemented in Kurdistan…
Month: April 2021
Televised Confessions; Journalists or Interrogators?
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - In October 2019, days following his arrest and extradition from Iraq, dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam’s…
Iran’s Zarif backs cease-fire in meeting with Yemen’s Houthis
AL-Monitor - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has restated Tehran’s support for a cease-fire in Yemen and talks between the…
Iran leaked tape scandal claims its first victim
Al-Monitor - Hesamoddin Ashena, a longtime aide to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and an influential member of his office, has resigned, according…
Think tank chief: Biden admin making a ‘longer, stronger, broader deal’ with Iran is ‘fiction’
justthenews.com - The Biden administration will "talk about a longer, stronger, broader deal [with Iran] that will remain a fiction,"…
Biden’s $90 Billion Bailout to Tehran
foreignpolicy.com - Rushing back into the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also called the Iran nuclear deal, would…
Top advisor to Iran’s president resigns over FM Zarif’s leaked audio
Al-Arabia - A senior advisor to Iran’s president resigned from his post as head of a government-run think tank following…
Former US secretary says US should keep pressure on Iran with sanctions
Al-Arabia - Former US Secretary Mike Pompeo said releasing sanctions on Iran will not get the regime to “cease their malign activity”…
Iranian Court Begins Trial Of German-Iranian Rights Activist
RFL/RE - A German-Iranian human rights activist held in Iran on vague security-related charges has had her first hearing at…
Five Years On, an Iranian Diplomat’s Death Remains Shrouded in Mystery
Iranwire - In his recent, explosive interview with Saeed Leylaz, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was confronted with a name he…