Figures Show a Province-Level ‘Great Divide’ in Divorce Rates in Iran
Iranwire - One in three Iranian marriages now end in divorce, according to analysis of official figures by Iran Open Data. In…
Month: September 2021
Hard-Liner Zakani Approved As New Tehran Mayor
RFL/RE - The head of Tehran’s city council says Iran's Interior Ministry has approved hard-liner Alireza Zakani as the capital city's…
Monthly Report August 2021, Iran Human Rights Monitor
Iran-HRM - Hacked footage from security cameras in Iran’s Evin Prison and the publication of some of the prison’s documents…
Mohammad Sadeghzadeh Executed in Ardabil Central Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Mohammad Sadeghzadeh who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for an “honour-related” murder, was executed in Ardabil Central Prison.…
Iran sports minister joins ‘antisemitic’ attack against Israeli athletes
jpost - Seyed Hamid Sajjadi Hazaveh, the newly appointed Iranian minister of sports, joined members of the Islamic Republic’s parliament in August…
State Dept Expands Iran Team Days After Israel Asked Biden to Abandon Nuke Talks
freebeacon - The Biden administration is expanding the team dedicated to renegotiating the Iran deal, just days after Israeli prime…
Iran opens ‘drug-trafficking’ trial of two Swedish nationals
Al-Monitor -Iran's Revolutionary Court has started the trial of two Swedish men charged with drug trafficking, Iranian state news reported.…
Iranian man ‘lashed to death’ over alcohol possession
Al-Monitor -- An Iranian man died after he was submitted to a lashing penalty inside a jail in Iran's Turkish-majority…
CPJ Condemns Arrest Of Iranian Financial Journalist On Security Charges
RFL/RE - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is urging Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release a financial reporter…
Imprisoned Veteran Journalist Invites Iran’s Chief Justice to Investigate ‘Violations’
Iranwire - Imprisoned journalist and editor Keyvan Samimi has blamed senior officials in the Islamic Republic for day-to-day violations of Iranian prisoners’…