Iranwire – Human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has spoken to Iranians on the Clubhouse app about human rights and negotiations between Iran and other countries, the 2021 presidential election, and the harassment and torture of prisoners. The May 31 event marked the second time she went on to the platform, which has become increasingly popular among Iranians, in the space of …

Iran-HRM – An Iranian jailed protester who is detained in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) was transferred to another ward alongside common criminals immediately after he disclosed the dire conditions in the prison. Under the excuse of interrogation, political prisoner Hossein Hashemi was summoned on Tuesday, June 1. He was then transferred to the 4th ward of the prison where he has …

Al-Monitor – A massive fire erupted Wednesday at an oil refinery south of Tehran, state media reported, the same day a fire tore through Iran’s largest naval vessel.  Plumes of thick black smoke were visible across the Iranian capital as the fire raged at the Tondguyan refinery. The fire was sparked by a leak at a liquid gas pipeline at …

Iran Human Rights – Behnam Mahjoubi’s mother says despite three months passing, the forensic medical examiner is not responding to requests for an investigation to establish the cause of her son’s death after being transferred to hospital from Evin Prison. Iran Human Rights calls on the international community to pay attention and follow up on the case of Behnam Mahjoubi. …

Al-Arabia – The largest ship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial news agencies reported. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. The Fars and Tasnim news agencies said efforts failed to save the support ship Kharg, named after the …

Iranwire – Back in 1993, on the eve of the Iranian presidential election, a still-relatively young Abdolnasser Hemmati was in post as political deputy head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (the IRIB). On receiving an electoral campaign video from one of the officially-sanctioned principalist candidates, Ahmad Tavakoli, the IRIB’s propaganda committee opted not to broadcast it. In keeping with …

As Iran’s presidential election approaches, political prisoner Hossein Hashemi has sent a message to frontrunner Ebrahim Raeesi, announcing that he will be in a coma within two days because of his hunger strike.  In an audio file obtained by IranWire, Hashemi, who is being held in Greater Tehran Prison for taking part in the November 2019 protests, says his physical health has …

Iranwire – The present continuous power outages have alarmed Iranian citizens ahead of the start of the energy use-intensive summer season. In hotter parts of the country, life is very difficult in summer without air conditioning. The blackouts are all the more complicated now that in many high-rise apartment blocks, water needs electricity to reach homes, and is simultaneously cut …

Iranwire – Figures close to of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic have been boasting about the Guardian Council’s mass disqualification of election candidates. Saeed Ghasemi, a pro-Khamenei extremist, has assured his supporters that nothing will happen as a consequence of the expulsions. He also told reformists and supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not to dare take to the streets. Meanwhile, Mehdi …

news.usni.org – An Iranian Navy ship thought to be bound for Venezuela left its port in late April with seven high-speed missile-attack craft strapped to its deck, USNI News has learned. According to imagery provided to USNI News by Maxar, the Iranian Navy’s new forward-basing ship, IRINS Makran, was seen on April 28 after leaving its homeport with seven attack boats aboard. …