Iranwire – An Iranian cyber-network linked to the IRGC has been pulled from Facebook for posting content encouraging Iranians to “praise the military and criticize opposing factions”. In its latest report on coordinated inauthentic behavior (CIB), the social media giant said it had removed some 93 accounts, 14 pages, 15 groups and 194 Instagram accounts in September that were targeting domestic audiences, …

Iran-HRM – Iran’s National Organization for Civil Registration said about 791 babies were born to child mothers aged 10-14 in the last six months.According to the state-run ISNA news agency, this statistic is related to the period between March 21, 2017 to October 7, 2010. Sistan and Baluchestan province has the highest number of the Iranian child mothers with 248 …

Iran-HRM – Iran’s security forces shot and killed a Kurdish man in a mountainous border region where he was working as a porter. Security forces in Sardasht, west Iran shot and killed Zhian Alipour a Kurd border porter on October 14. He was shot at close range in the back by military forces in a base in Sardasht. The slain …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – At least two prisoners sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder were executed in Kermanshah Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed on murder charges on the morning of October 11. The identity of one of the men has been established as 23-year-old Mohammad Latifi. The identity of the second executed …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Afghan national Ali Omar Amrolelahi and an unknown man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, have been executed in Qom Central Prison. There are currently more than ten Afghan nationals on death row for murder and drug-related charges in Qom Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed on murder charges …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Taleb Hojratipour, sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, is scheduled to be executed in Sanandaj Central Prison within the next week. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, 33-year-old Taleb Hojratipour is at imminent risk of execution in Sanandaj Central Prison. He is from Bardeh Reshan village in Marivan and was sentenced to qisas for murder. Prison officials …

Shabtabnews – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attacks on the Imam Barga Mosque in Kandahar today and Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in Kunduz last Friday. USCIRF urges the Biden administration to expand its Priority 2 (P-2) designation granting U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) access for certain Afghan nationals and their family members to include …

Shabtabnews – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is alarmed by the government of Tajikistan’s treatment of 70-year-old Jehovah’s Witness Shamil Khakimov, who is serving an excessively harsh prison sentence for alleged extremism for peacefully practicing his faith and reportedly worsening in health especially without proper medical attention. This treatment further demonstrates why the U.S. Department of State should …

Shabtabnews – The Inter religious Freedom Roundtable writes a letter to President Biden on Emergency Protection and Evacuation of Afghan Religious Minorities/Sanctioning Taliban . The letter requests safeguarding of vulnerable religious minorities: Shia Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Hindus, specific steps to assist non-governmental organizations in the evacuation and Bahais, Buddhists, Zoroastrians, and others. 2021-9-1-Letter-to-President-Biden-FinalDownload 2021-9-8-Letter-to-G20-Interfaith-Forum-3Download

RFL/RE – EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell is waiting on responses from Washington and Tehran before calling a meeting of negotiators on the Iranian nuclear deal, his spokesman said. “We are awaiting the Iranians’ response,” spokesman Peter Stano said. “A meeting will be called if all parties are in agreement and are all ready,” he said. “There is an urgent …