Six Iranian Prison Guards To Stand Trial After Leak Of ‘Shocking’ Abuse Videos
RFL/RE - The Iranian judiciary says six wardens at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison will stand trial “soon” in connection with…
Month: August 2021
Iran’s Child Marriage Victims Have No Voice
Iranwire - On August 29, the secretary of Iran’s National Authority on the Convention on the Rights of the Child confirmed something…
Teenage Girls’ Families Threatened After Five-Hour Interrogation by Revolutionary Guards
Iranwire - Two teenage girls were interrogated for five hours each by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intelligence service while…
Lake Urmia’s Volume 40 Percent Down on Last Year
Iranwire - The water volume of Iran’s under-threat Lake Urmia has shrunk by 40 percent year on year, a senior…
Iranian Currency Market Ignores Raisi’s Claim of a Coming Reprieve
Iranwire - On August 25, on a day in Iran when the price of the US dollar broke the dreaded…
After Leaked Videos, Iran Opens Cases Against Prison Guards
VOA - Iranian prosecutors opened criminal cases against six guards at the country's notorious Evin prison, the judiciary reported on…
Jailed protester who reported dire prison condition summoned to court
Iran-HRM - Jailed protester Hossein Hashemi was summoned to Tehran’s Fashafuyeh Public Court for “publishing lies” following the publication of…
Life of political prisoner Javad Hosseini Nejad in danger in a psychiatric ward
Iran-HRM - Life of political prisoner Javad Hosseini Nejad in danger in a psychiatric ward Political prisoner Javad Hosseini Nejad…
Iran strikes gold at Paralympics
Al-Monitor - Iran is winning medals at the Paralympics. Amir Khosravani won gold on Monday in the men’s long jump at the…
Iran Appoints New Atomic Energy Chief With No Nuclear Expertise
RFL/RE - Iran's newly elected President Ebrahim Raisi has appointed a new head of the country’s atomic agency, replacing the…