Iran-HRM – A revolutionary court in Iran has sentenced an Iranian lawyer to prison for speaking to media outlets about one of his clients. The Branch 29 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced Mohammad Hadi Erfanian Kaseb to three months and five days in prison on charges of “propaganda activities against the regime”. He was notified of the verdict last …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Behzad Adl, who was sentenced to death for “adultery by force and reluctance”, has been executed in Shiraz Central Prison. He was executed less than 11 months after his arrest despite stating that he had been tortured to extract forced confessions and denying all charges in court. According to Iran Human Rights, a 25 year …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner named Amir Bayati who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder during a dispute, has been executed in Shiraz Central Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Shiraz Central Prison in the early hours of May 16. His identity has been established as Amir Bayati, who had been sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Jamal Mohammadi, who had been sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for the murder of his superior during his compulsory military service, has been executed in Ilam Central Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Ilam Central Prison in the early hours of this morning. His identity has been established as Jamal Mohammadi, who was …

Al-Monitor – This is not just another normal round of confrontation between the Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip and Israel — at least this is what Hamas believes. The group’s representative in Tehran told Al-Monitor in an exclusive interview that, this time, his group along with other Palestinian factions “applied a strategic shift in the concept of resistance, from …

Jpost – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force head Esmail Ghaani spoke with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh over the weekend and they discussed the latest developments in the situation and the conflict in Gaza. Tasnim news reported the discussion in Iran. It comes amid an Iranian regional push to support Hamas, including pro-Iran leader Hadi al-Amiri in Iraq indicating …

RFL/RE – A top Iranian commander has expressed support for the Palestinian Hamas movement in fighting that erupted this week in Gaza against Israel. The commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IGRC), General Esmail Qaani, assured Hamas of his full support on May 15, Iranian state media reported. Qaani made the comments in a telephone …

gatestoneinstitute.org – [S]ensing that the American side is keen on producing the fudge, the Iranian side is raising the stakes. On Monday “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenei said that “liberating Palestine” is the “number one goal of the Islamic ummah”, making it clear that even if the “nuclear deal” is revived, the clash of two visions on the future of the …

Iranwire – On Saturday, May 15, the Islamic Republic’s chief justice Ebrahim Raeesi registered as a candidate in the upcoming presidential election. Raeesi is standing on the same ticket as he did in 2017, with a manifesto that includes “fighting corruption”, “caring for the downtrodden and the underprivileged” and “achieving stable employment”. In other words, a pale imitation of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s manifesto and one …

Iran-HRM – Man, deprived of fair due process executed on alleged rape charges A man who had been sentenced to deaht three times on charges of rape was hanged today in Adelabad Prison of Shiraz. The man, identified as 25-year-old Behzad Adl was transferred to solitary confinement along with three other death row prisoners to await his death sentence.Behzad Adl …