Shabtabnews – In a statement IOPHR while condemning the recent attempt to kidnap Ms. Alinejad by agents of Islamic Republic of Iran, stated that: “The regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran, from the very first days of its establishment, has consistently attempted to eliminate its opponents inside and outside the country, by measures such as assassinations, kidnappings and executions. …

Al-Arabia – Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad revealed new details about Iran’s attempt to kidnap her, including the use and arrest of her family members to lure her to Turkey. In an exclusive interview on Al Arabiya’s sister channel Al Hadath, Alinejad said that the FBI briefed her on the level of surveillance from Iranian intelligence officers of her and her …

VOA – Iran’s state media report that one person was killed late Friday during a protest of water shortages in the country’s southwest. The state news agency IRNA quoted Omid Sabripour,  head of the local government in Shadegan, as saying “a number of Shadegan’s people had gathered to protest water shortages due to the drought, during which opportunists and rioters …

gatestoneinstitute.org – By handpicking a mass murderer to be president, the Iranian regime is sending a strong message to the Iranian people and the world that it will not respect human rights. How could a leader of a democratic country congratulate a mass murderer? The people of Iran, like those of Hong Kong and now Cuba, have been struggling and …

Iranwire – More than a week has passed since Iranian health officials declared a “fifth wave” of coronavirus infections was under way in the country. In seven days, the number of Iranian cities on “red alert” for high levels of transmission has jumped from 120 to 169. On Thursday, July 15, the officially-recorded number of coronavirus fatalities in a 24-hour period passed …

Iranwire – Women have been disproportionately affected by Iran’s economic crisis, with more women out of work than at any time over the last six years, a new report by Iran’s government statistics agency confirms. The 2021 report, entitled “Half of the Labor Market Missing as Iran’s Economy Begins Recovery” and published on July 14, assesses Iran’s recovery following the …

Iranwire – “The memory of a community is not only made of photos, testimonies and documents, books and artwork; it is also made up of places of witness, walls impregnated with people and events; through irreplaceable areas where memory and imagination can evoke pieces of living history …” Eliahu Toker, “Their names and their faces”, Milá Editions, AMIA, 1995 On …

Iranwire – The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has again begun recruiting Afghan migrants and refugees to be sent to Lebanon for military training, IranWire’s sources have said. The Islamic Republic has a long track record of training proxy forces, from Iranians to Iraqis to Afghans, at military bases in the Beqaa Governorate to the northeast. In the past few …

Al-Monitor – Four reasons Raisi would sign onto the JCPOA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, with less than three weeks remaining in office, has handed over diplomacy on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Iran nuclear deal, to his successor, former Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi, who takes office on Aug. 3. It was the outcome both Rouhani and US President Joe Biden almost certainly …

Al-Monitor – Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged former US President Donald Trump to launch military strikes against Iran during Trump’s final days in office, The New Yorker reported Thursday. Netanyahu’s prompting came as Trump repeatedly asked senior advisers about options to strike Iran in retaliation for small-scale attacks on US troops in the region. The inquiries triggered significant concern among senior officials, …