Friday Prayers Returns to Tehran Despite Sixth Coronavirus Wave
Iranwire - The main Friday prayers service has been held Tehran for the first time in 20 months after being…
Month: October 2021
IRGC Enters Urban Management With New Tehran “Social Headquarters”
Iranwire - The deputy mayor of Tehran has confirmed a "social headquarters" is to be established by the IRGC’s Khatam…
Four Iranian Baha’is Held in Solitary Confinement For a Month
Iranwire - Four Iranian Baha'i citizens from Shiraz, Negar Ghaderi Sadi, Moin Misaghi, Hayedeh Forootan and his son, Mehran Mosalanejad, are still…
Iran tests drones amid simmering tensions with Azerbaijan
Al-Monitor - The air force of the Iranian army launched a major drill on Oct. 21 involving several bases nationwide,…
Torturer Who ‘Buried Prisoners Alive’ Dies in Tehran
Iranwire - Davood Rahmani, better known as Haj Davood, a notorious human rights violator and torturer who served as head…
Khamenei Once Thought the Supreme Leader Needed ‘Supervising’. What Happened?
Iranwire - Supervision of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic and institutions under his control is one of the…
Raisi’s Don Quixote Cabinet and Hopes for Economic Recovery
Iranwire - It has been more than two months since Ebrahim Raisi and his administration took office. That may not be long enough…
Labor Activists Detained as Protests Erupt in Three Provinces
Iranwire - Security agents have arrested two labor activists near Rasht in Gilan province and taken them to an undisclosed location, an…
Detained Lawyer of Iranian Instagram Star Tortured, Bit Off Tongue After Unidentified Injection
CHRI – A prominent defense attorney in Iran bit off part of his tongue after being forcibly given an injection…
Iranian political prisoners go on hunger strike after being beaten
Iran-HRM - Political prisoners Soheil Arabi and Behnam Mousivand started a hunger strike since Tuesday after they were violently taken…