Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Baluch prisoner Nazarnaz Ghanbarzehi who was on death row for drug-related charges has been executed in Zahedan Central Prison. At least 94 prisoners, including a woman, have been executed on drug-related charges in Iranian prisons in 2021. According to the Baluch Activists Campaign, a Baluch man was executed in Zahedan Central Prison on the morning …

RFL/RE – The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says his monitoring program in Iran has been restricted at a key facility, raising concern that it will not be possible for world powers that are party to a 2015 nuclear deal to “reconstruct the picture” of Iran’s nuclear program down the road.International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi made …

gatestoneinstitute.org – What is planned isn’t the actual writing of a new constitution but “drafting” unspecified “reforms” to a non-existent constitution. If this sounds like diplomatic gesticulation, don’t be surprised because it is exactly that. Syria today isn’t a constitutional problem. [W]hat is still lacking is a clear American strategy for reviving Syria as a nation-state, the only outcome that …

RFL/RE – The new governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province was assaulted during his inauguration ceremony by a man who rushed the stage and slapped him. The new governor, General Abedin Khorram, had just approached the podium on October 23 in the city of Tabriz when an unidentified man strode onto the stage and struck him without warning. Footage of …

Iranwire – Last August, just as many Americans were preoccupied with their summer holidays, the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan precipitated a human catastrophe: the rapid fall of the Afghan government and coming to power of the Taliban, a brutal terrorist organization now in charge of a country. While the US and many other countries accelerated an official rescue …

Iran-HRM – A woman who was tortured for three years by her husband was attacked by a prosecutor for speaking to the media. Parastoo Navardi, a 36 year old mother of two was tortured and sexually abused by her drug addict husband in Abadan located in Khuzestan Province. In a video recently shared on social media, Parastoo said her husband …

Al-Arabia – Israel’s Air Force has resumed training for a possible strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Israeli media reported on Thursday. “Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi ordered budgetary funds be set aside for drilling such a scenario, after a two-year hiatus,” according to Channel 12 and Times of Israel. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News …

RFL/RE – Iran unveiled its homegrown Fakhra coronavirus vaccine to much fanfare, with officials touting it as a “high-quality” inoculation. The vaccine was named in honor of top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was assassinated near Tehran in November and hailed as a “national hero.” But seven months after the launch of the first clinical trials of Fakhra, the production …

RFL/RE – Azerbaijan has released two Iranian truck drivers whose arrest last month on charges of illegally entering the country strained ties between the two neighbors. The release of the Iranian citizens on October 21 comes a week after Azerbaijan and Iran’s foreign ministers agreed to dial back heated rhetoric and engage in dialogue to defuse diplomatic crises.SEE ALSO:Iran, Azerbaijan …

Iranwire – Half of all adults in Iran regularly drink alcohol despite it being banned by the Islamic regime, a survey by Iran Open Data has found. Moreover, the largest number said they preferred to consume homemade beverages. In the study, 48 percent of the 2,000 participants said they were drinkers. When asked about drinking frequency, 24 percent of participants reported that …