Ex-Referee Blows the Whistle on Match-Fixing in Iran
Iranwire - A former Iranian football referee has broken his silence about corruption in the beautiful game and the influence of what…
Month: October 2021
Eyewitnesses: Iranian Border Guards Gunned Down Afghan Women and Children
Iranwire - Afghan refugees trying to enter Iran have been indiscriminately shot at by border guards and many have been…
Baquer Namazi Undergoes Brain Surgery in Prison
Iranwire- Iranian-American Baquer Namazi, who has been detained in Iran since 2016, underwent surgery on Tuesday, October 26 to clear a…
Iran: A Prison for Free Expression
VOA - “It was this black box and nobody talked about it,” Amir Soltani says of Evin Prison. When he…
A woman hanged in Qazvin, another faces imminent execution
Iran-HRM - A woman was hanged in Qazvin and another faces imminent execution in Sanandaj, the capital of the Iranian…
Raisi Government to Launch Religious “Vice-Prevention” Courses, Paramilitary “Community Patrols”
CHRI - Two months after the inauguration of ultra-conservative President Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s state-run Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention…
UN Expert: Death Penalty Used as a Political Tool in Iran
CHRI - In a speech to the UN General Assembly for his fourth annual report, Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur…
US unveils sanctions targeting Iran’s drone program
Al-Monitor - The Biden administration sanctioned several Iranian companies and individuals on Friday in connection with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’…
Iran’s plan to get rid of the subsidized exchange rate
Al-Monitor - There are signs that Iran will officially get rid of its official subsidized exchange rate — at 42,000…
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Minorities in Afghanistan
Shabtabnews – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom today released the following new report: Afghanistan Factsheet – This…