Al-Monitor – According to Iranian news agencies, 35 members of Iran’s parliament requested that the country’s Justice Minister “address violations by the former president,” Hassan Rouhani.  The request was put forward by Mohammad Nabavian, a conservative politician who opposed the nuclear negotiations and a former student of hardline cleric Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi. The article did not detail which “violations” the …

Shabtabnews –  The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) released a report earlier this month regarding the ongoing situation in China facing the Uyghur population. The 60 page report is titled, “To Make Us Slowly Disappear”: The Chinese Government’s Assault on the Uyghurs. The report discusses the background of discrimination Uyghurs have faced in the past, what is currently happening to them, policy …

Al-Arabia – The UN nuclear watchdog has still not had access to re-install surveillance cameras at the TESA Karaj centrifuge-parts workshop in Iran, though that is essential to reviving the Iran nuclear deal, the agency said in a report on Wednesday. International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have also continued to be “subjected to excessively invasive physical searches by security officials …

RFL/RE – A hacktivist group calling itself Edalat-e Ali (Ali’s Justice) has rocked the Iranian establishment in recent months by leaking videos and confidential documents that appear to show the systematic mistreatment of inmates at Iran’s most notorious prison. But to this point the group has revealed little about its makeup or goals. Now, in an exclusive interview with RFE/RL’s …

Iranwire — Shiite mosques and gathering places in Afghanistan have always faced the threat of attack by extremist groups. Under the former government, military units were stationed at religious ceremonies and Friday prayers to protect them. Now under the Taliban, not only are these safeguards gone, but the new rulers have confiscated weapons and equipment from the Shiite mosques’ boards of trustees …

Iranwire – Famous Iranian pop singer Hassan Shamaizadeh, who emigrated to the United States after the Islamic Revolution, has sounded the alarm over his family’s property being appropriated by the regime. In an Instagram post, Shamaizadeh said his children’s house, which had been confiscated by the Revolutionary Court due to his profession, had been newly placed on the open market. He …

Iranwire – Director, actor and puppet theater veteran Hani Hosseini has lambasted the censorship of TV shows by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. The IRIB’s increasingly bizarre restrictions, coupled with a lack of government support, he said, have led to declining audiences as youngsters in Iran seek out foreign works instead. Theater Practitioners Got $70 in Aid During Covid In an interview …

Iranwire — After three semesters with classes held online, universities in Iran are set to reopen for in-person classes imminently. The decision was met with widespread opposition but Iranian officials have insisted reopenings proceed according to plan. For now at least, unvaccinated students at many institutions have been told to stay at home. Islamic Azad University, one of the biggest …

Iran-HRM – Intelligence and security forces in Behbahan arrested Mohsen Ghanavati, Payam Jaihouni, and Amin Moradi and took them to the intelligence detention center in Ahvaz and the Prison of Behbahan. They took Mohsen Ghanavati to the Prison of Behbahan. Amin Moradi and Payam Jaihouni are in an intelligence detention center in Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan Province. The security …

Al-Monitor – After a heated parliamentary session Nov. 16, Iranian lawmakers refused to give a vote of confidence to Masoud Fayyazi, who had been proposed by hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi to run Iran’s Education Ministry.   The 46-year-old conservative jurisprudence expert fell short by 16 votes of the required threshold of approval from half of the 260 present lawmakers. The vote came as …