Iranwire – Two local journalists in the city of Paveh in Kermanshah province have been detained by the city’s intelligence department for publishing news of the rape of a seven-year-old girl. Earlier, the human rights website Hengaw had reported that on September 20, 2021, a young girl in Paveh was raped by a 43-year-old man identified as Nariman Ghafouri. The alleged perpetrator …

Iranwire – Researcher and translator Mojgan Kavousi has been transferred from Evin Prison to Kachuei Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, a friend told IranWire. The academic from Kurdistan was reportedly subjected to a days-long, gruelling detention at a Karaj police station along the way. Kavousi was detained by intelligence agents at her home on November 20, 2019. She was later sentenced …

Iranwire – The new commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ expeditionary Quds Force has come to Baghdad on an unannounced visit, a source in the Iraqi parliament confirmed. Ismail Ghani arrived in the Iraqi capital at dawn on Monday, October 11 in the aftermath of the country’s first parliamentary election since mass protests in winter 2019. Initial results on …

CHRI – A bipartisan congressional group today urged U.S. President Joe Biden to support the free flow of information and internet freedom for civil society in Iran by clarifying and updating allowable activities under the U.S. Treasury’s General License D-1 (GL D-1), which exempts the sale of personal communications tools from sanctions on Iran. The bipartisan initiative follows a campaign by the Center …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO – Death row juvenile offender Arman Abdolali’s parents were summoned to Rajai Shahr Prison for their last visit with him hours ago. Arman is scheduled to be executed tomorrow morning. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, Arman Abdolali’s parents were summoned to Rajai Shahr Prison for their last visit with their son hours ago. …

RFL/RE – Iran’s state electricity company has warned that illicit cryptocurrency miners in the country could cause new power cuts this winter.Illegal cryptocurrency mining will account for at least “10 percent of electricity outages this winter”, the power company said in an October 10 statement published by the official government news agency IRNA.Such illegal mining was responsible for 20 percent …

Iranwire – A group of detained Iranian lawyers have published an open letter declaring their intent to sue Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, former president Hassan Rouhani and ex-health minister Saeed Namaki, as well as all members of the National Coronavirus Taskforce and the Prosecutor-General. Mustafa Nili, Arash Kaykhosravi and Mehdi Mahmoudian were among six people detained in mid-August as they prepared to …

Iranwire – Depression and anxiety are the most common psychiatric disorders in Iran, the new deputy minister for mental health, social affairs and addiction has said. According to Ali Asadi, depression accounted for 7.12 percent of all mental health complaints recorded in a recent survey by the Ministry of Health, while anxiety was reported by a total of 15 percent. …

VOA —Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel was in Israel Sunday, meeting with Israeli leaders. She called on Iran to return to negotiations on a new nuclear deal. Under her leadership, Israel and Germany have had close relations including cooperation on Iran and its nuclear program. The visit comes as Iran says it has 120 kilograms of enriched uranium. The trip …

Iran-HRM – Prisoners of conscience, Soheil Arabi and Behnam Mousivand, who are being held in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, refused to attend a court hearing on Wednesday, October 6, in connection with a case filed against them during their imprisonment. According to an informed source they were beaten on the order of prison officials after they refused to appear …