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Month: November 2021

No More Prayers for Rain: Iranian Studies on Isfahan’s Drought

Iranwire - Protests over the water crisis in Isfahan intensified on Friday, with security forces firing tear gas and what appeared to be birdshot…

Isfahan Protests: More Than 120 Detained in Isfahan Central Prison, 3 Possible Deaths

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - More than 120 people have been arrested and transferred to Isfahan Central Prison after the…

Iran riot police ‘forcibly’ sweep water protest site

Al-Monitor - Protesters who have been camped out across the drained basin of River Zayandeh Rood in the central Iranian…

Iran’s FM calls for lifting of sanctions, days before Vienna nuclear talks

Al-Arabia - Iran wants the lifting of all sanctions in a verifiable process, its foreign minister said on Friday, three…

Two Years After Iran’s Deadly Crackdown On Protests, Victims’ Families Still Fighting For Justice

RFL/RE - For the past two years, Mahboobeh Ramezani has been grieving the loss of her son while calling for…

Videos: Tear Gas and Shots Fired on Isfahan Protesters

Iranwire - Farmers and citizens in Isfahan continued to protest on Friday, November 26. Videos posted on social media show…

Kylie Moore-Gilbert: I Can’t Forget My Fellow Prisoners

Iranwire - Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian researcher who was held hostage in Iran for two years, has published a video in Persian on the…

Four Decades of Discrimination Against Sunnis in Iran

Iranwire - During the four decades of the Islamic Republic's rule in Iran, religious, ethnic and religious minorities have faced…

Juvenile Offender Arman Abdolali is Buried in Tehran

Iranwire - Arman Abdolali, a young Iranian man sentenced to death for a crime allegedly committed when he was a…

Execution of tortured youth highlights cruelty of Iran’s qesas system

Amnesty - The execution on 24 November 2021 of Arman Abdolali, a 25-year-old man sentenced to death for a crime…