Iranwire – “I thought my child would come back to me. I didn’t think my child would be killed four days later.” Gohar Eshghi, the 75-year-old mother of murdered Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti, has released a new video to mark the anniversary of her son’s death in custody. In the message published on the Sattar Beheshti Foundation’s official Instagram account, she …

Iranwire – Night-time traffic curfews have been in place in cities across Iran for the best part of 11 months now. According to the rules, people are not allowed to drive private vehicles on the public highway from 10pm to 3am, or they risk a fine of 200,000 tomans (US$48). Within weeks of the restrictions being imposed, provincial officials warned it …

HRW – On November 1, Iranian authorities took into custody  Arash Ganji, a writer and a translator, and transferred him to prison to serve the five-year sentence he had received in connection with his translation of a book about Kurds in the Syrian civil war. The government alleged that the translation of the book, A Small Key Can Open a Big Door: …

Iran-HRM – October 2021 saw the continuation of executions in Iran coupled with a stepped-up pressure on political prisoners. The security forces arbitrarily opened fire on citizens leading to the deaths and injuries of a number of them. Iran Human Rights Monitor’s Monthly Report October 2021 provides but a small part of widespread violations of human rights in Iran last …

Al-Monitor – In an extensive interview with Iran Newspaper, the official daily of the government of Iran, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian discussed a wide range of topics, including nuclear talks with the world powers and regional countries in the Middle East.  One of the more interesting topics raised by Amir-Abdollahian was the involvement of regional countries in the nuclear negotiations between …

Al-Arabia – US President Joe Biden said on Sunday the US will “respond” to actions Iran has taken against American interests, including drone strikes. “With regards to the issue of how we’re going to respond to their [Iran’s] actions against interest of the US, whether they are drone strikes or anything else, is we’re going to respond. We will continue …

RFL/RE – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Washington is “absolutely in lockstep” with Britain, Germany, and France on getting Iran back into a nuclear deal, but added it was unclear if Tehran was willing to rejoin the talks in a “meaningful way.” Blinken’s remarks in an interview with CNN on October 31 come a day after the United …

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic of Iran’s use of deadly force against its citizens at protest rallies this summer has been raised with the United Nations for the first time. Officials in the Islamic Republic have called the accusation “tawdry” while criticizing the wider content of the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran’s latest report. Last week, UN Special …

VOA – The U.S. Air Force said Sunday it flew a B-1B strategic bomber over key maritime chokepoints in the Mideast with allies including Israel amid ongoing tensions with Iran as its nuclear deal with world powers remains in tatters. The B-1B Lancer bomber flew Saturday over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Yousef Seifali was secretly executed on drug-related charges in Isfahan Central Prison on October 12. At least 95 prisoners, including a woman, have been executed on drug-related charges in Iranian prisons in 2021. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed on drug-related charges in Isfahan Central Prison on October 12. …