Execution of Juvenile Offender Arman Abdolali Postponed to Next Week
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - The scheduled execution of juvenile offender Arman Abdolali has been temporarily suspended again and he…
Month: October 2021
Despite vaccination push, Iran nearing sixth wave of COVID
Al-Monitor - After approximately a month of relatively lower COVID-19 numbers in Iran, it appears that the virus is back…
‘Maximum Psychological’ Pressure: Iranian Rights Lawyer Tortured, Drugged During Detention, Attorney Says
RFL/RE - Payam Derafshan was confined in a dark, windowless room inside a safe house run by the feared intelligence…
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…
Unemployed Iranian Man Sets Fire to Himself in Front of Martyrs’ Foundation
Iranwire - Images have been posted online appearing to show a man setting himself on fire in front of the…
Traffic Police Chief: We’ll Deal With Women Motorcyclists
Iranwire - Kamal Hadianfar, traffic chief for the police’s NAJA special forces unit, has said that women will be “definitively”…
Internal Report: Iran’s Government is Drowning in Debt
Iranwire - Predictions on the future price of the dollar in Iran – or even concrete indications of the inflation…
Iran’s crackdown on freedom of expression aims at silencing dissent
Iran-HRM - The right to freedom of expression in Iran has always been severely restricted. The arrest of critics and…
Iran, Pakistan work to strengthen ties as Afghan situation remains fluid
Al-Monitor - Iran’s army chief, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, headed a high-level military delegation to Islamabad last week at…
Iran commander rejoices at US ‘defeats’
Al-Monitor - The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the United States has “fled” Afghanistan and is…