VOA – Iran’s Natanz nuclear site suffered a problem Sunday involving its electrical distribution grid just hours after starting up new advanced centrifuges that more quickly enrich uranium, state TV reported. It was the latest incident to strike one of Tehran’s most secure sites amid negotiations over the tattered atomic accord with world powers. State TV quoted Behrouz Kamalvandi, a …

VOA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani oversaw on live television Saturday the launch of advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium, a key component for nuclear weapons, while reiterating his country’s commitment to nuclear non-proliferation. Rouhani’s conflicting messages came as the country observed National Nuclear Technology Day, during which he was seen on state television ordering the injection of uranium gas into …

Iran-HRM – Thirty-one women and men were arrested at a private party in a coffee shop in the southwestern Iranian city of Mahshahr, judicial authorities announced on April 10. “The state security forces arrested 31 people at a mixed [gender)] party in a coffee shop in Mahshahr Port,” the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Mahshahr Port said, according to the …

Behnam Mahjoubi was a 33-year-old man, a member of the Gonabadi Sufi order in Iran, who was arrested in February 2018 after taking part in peaceful protests at Golestan Haftom in Tehran. Some 300 Gonabadi Sufis were arrested in association with the protests and Behnam Mahjoubi was sentenced to two years in prison. Behnam Mahjoubi was a bright student and …

Shabtabnews – A statement by IOPHR emphasises the necessity of Human Rights as a Key Component of the US Negotiations with Iran. The statement highlights a series of recent gross violations of human rights by the Iranian regime such as the murder of Behnam Mahjoubi, a Gonabadi Sufi in prison, the execution of Ms. Zahra Esmaili based on false confession …

Iranwire – Under Islamic law, women in Iran do not have the same rights as men. This includes not having the right to choose the jobs, careers and professions they pursue. IranWire reviewed three recent reports that discuss the jobs that are off limits to women, the reasons why, and how these restrictions are set out in jurisprudence. Unsurprisingly, these articles read more like justifications in favor of …

Iranwire – On February 26, 1999, millions of Iranians made their way to polling stations across the country to vote in the Islamic Republic’s first-ever local council elections. Some 600,000 candidates stood for 200,000 seats, across 25,000 villages and more than 900 cities: the culmination of years of work to establish a new tier of governance by politicians and experts …

Iranwire – The Iranian year 1399 (March 2021 to March 2021) broke all inflation-related records in the history of the Iranian economy. The outlook for the year 1400 is not much better. Even the spokesman for the governor of the Central Bank  -2021-2022], on the other hand, has begun with no clear prospects for the Iranian economy, and the central …

VOA – The U.S. and Iran have agreed to a second round of indirect talks in Vienna next week to try to bring each other back into compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal, but Iran has insisted that all U.S. sanctions against it be lifted and the U.S. warned that such a demand may lead to an impasse. A senior …

Amnesty.org –This press release has been updated to correct the estimated number of prisoners killed, based on Amnesty International’s ongoing investigation into the incident and new information received by the organization.  Amnesty International has reviewed a court document issued by Branch 101 of Criminal Court Two in the city of Bavi, Khuzestan province, which confirms that five prisoners were killed …