VOA – The husband of a British-Iranian woman who has been detained for more than five years in Iran said Saturday that he is ending his hunger strike outside Britain’s Foreign Office after 21 days. Richard Ratcliffe has been sleeping in a tent outside the Foreign Office’s main entrance to pressure the British government to secure the release of his …

VOA — Britain is denying a report by human rights activists that Iran’s nuclear negotiator threatened to curtail his involvement in upcoming talks with world powers unless British officials shut down the independent Iran Atrocities Tribunal hearings in London that are investigating Tehran’s deadly crackdown on 2019 protests. “We do not recognize the report of recent meetings between representatives of the U.K. and …

Iran-HRM – Labor activists Asal Mohammadi and Hirad Pirbodaghi have been detained for their peaceful activities in defense of workers’ rights. Labor activist Asal Mohammadi was transferred to the women’s ward of Evin on Thursday, November 11, 2021. Forces of the Intelligence Ministry violently broke into the residence of Asal Mohammadi and Hirad Pirbodaghi on November 6. They ransacked the …

Al-Arabia – A group of bipartisan US lawmakers blasted the Iran-backed Houthis on Friday, saying the group had no interest in proving to the international community that it could be a legitimate actor. Congressmen Gregory Meeks and Michael McCaul, along with Senators Bob Menendez and Jim Risch, released a statement condemning the recent breach of the US Embassy in Sanaa and the …

gatestoneinstitute.org – To execute political prisoners, Iran’s judiciary accuses defendants of vaguely defined charges labeled as “national security crimes.” These “crimes” include moharebeh (“enmity against God”), ifsad fil arz (“sowing corruption on Earth”), and baghi (“armed rebellion”). It is not only the number of executions that is appalling, but also the nature of some of them. Executions have involved minor children, women and individuals from ethnic …

Iranwire – In 1978, shortly before the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was living in exile in Neauphle-le-Château, Paris. Mohsen Sazegara was one of his companions then, and was later given important positions after the Islamic Revolution. After Khomeini was succeeded by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, however, he gradually lost faith in the regime. He wrote critical letters to Khomeini and paid the price: …

iranwire – Criminals conscripted by the Iranian regime to provoke riots during civilian protests are “executed” after they have exhausted their use, a unit commander has told the Aban Tribunal. Witness 399 was introduced to the court in London as a major in the security forces who led a battalion during the November 2019 protests. The special unit’s function was broadly defensive, …

Iranwire – On the third day of the Aban Tribunal, those present heard harrowing testimonies not just about the scale of the slaughter in November 2019 but the lengths officials went to trying to cover it up. Between 1,500 and 3,000 people are thought to have been killed in the state crackdown on Iran’s November 2019. Thousands more suffered serious, sometimes life-altering injuries. Several witnesses …

VOA – Human rights activists holding a tribunal in London to investigate Iran’s deadly suppression of protests in 2019 say they have learned that Tehran is threatening to partially suspend upcoming nuclear talks with world powers if the tribunal continues. A Persian-language tweet posted Friday by the tribunal organizers cited unnamed European sources as saying Iran’s deputy foreign minister and …

timesofisrael — The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said Friday it was “astonishing” that he has had no contact with the new Iranian government over several important outstanding issues since it took office. Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), had been hoping to visit Iran before the next meeting of the IAEA’s Board of Governors starts …