Iranwire – Health workers are the front line in our defense against the coronavirus pandemic – including hundreds of Iranian Baha’i doctors and nurses. But they are not in Iran; instead, they live in countries around the world, treating their patients, where they are admired and praised by the people and governments of the countries where they live. The one country …

Iran-HRM – Female worker dies as a spinning machine pulls in her head The scarf of a woman got caught up in the machinery in a spinning factory in Semnan, NE Iran, and pulled her head inside the machine. Marzieh Taherian, 21, was working with a spinning machine when her scarf caught in a ring spinning machine, leading to her …

newsweek – After six months of stalling nuclear talks and expanding its nuclear weapons program, the Islamic Republic of Iran is signaling a return to negotiations in November. The objective, per Washington’s lead Iran negotiator Robert Malley, is “compliance for compliance,” shorthand for a return to the 2015 nuclear deal. But, as Malley grows more desperate for a deal, something …

Iran Human Rights –  The Iran Atrocities Tribunal, initiated to investigate the killing and wounding of thousands of innocent protesters in Iran in 2019, will begin a series of hearings commencing on 10th November in London to assess whether crimes committed by individuals in the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the Supreme Leader Ali Khamanei, and President Ebrahim Raisi, constitutecrimes …

Al-Arabia – The head of Iran’s Quds Force, Brig. Gen. Esmail Ghaani, arrived in Baghdad on Sunday where he met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi whose residence was attacked earlier the same day, a pro-Iran TV station reported on Monday. Ghaani urged against “any action that threatens the security of Iraq” during his meetings with al-Kadhimi and other Iraqi …

RFL/RE – Iran’s Press Supervisory Board has shut down a newspaper apparently over a graphic that depicted the hand of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in connection with a story about rising poverty in the country. Alaedin Zohourian, the head of the press supervisory board, told the official government news agency IRNA on November 8 that board members had decided to cancel …

Iranwire – A prominent Iranian opposition member and prisoner of conscience has published a trenchant statement against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s rule to mark the second anniversary of the November 2019 protests. Abolfazl Ghadyani, a senior member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution, declared the killings of thousands of protesters that month had been on Khamenei’s direct orders. He went on …

Iranwire – A top sports official in Iran has been quoted by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting as saying authorities had “created the conditions” for sports venues to reopen in Iran. “From today, sports venues will be reopened in accordance with health protocols,” Dr. Amin Norouzi, head of the Sports Medicine Federation, told reporters on Sunday. From November 11, he …

Iranwire – Some Iranian films currently waiting to be licensed for screening in Iran are “inappropriate and un-Islamic”, the new Minister of Culture has said. Speaking in an interview for Iranian state television on Saturday, Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili, wondered aloud: “Is our cinema situation acceptable, in terms of issues and priorities? I’m in charge of overseeing movies, and I can’t do …

Iranwire – Schools and universities across Iran have begun reopening in a staggered manner, on a schedule first announced last month. By November 21, all classes are due to be being held in person again. Earlier officials said that once back, all students would have to take a coronavirus test every week. but now the Ministry of Education has said …