Iranwire – Finally, Iran has a new education minister. Yousef Nouri, Ebrahim Raisi’s third candidate proposed for the job, managed to gain a vote of confidence from the Iranian parliament on Sunday, November 28. The newly-anointed cabinet member laid out his manifesto to lawmakers ahead of the certification vote. In his speech, Nouri mentioned a special task ordained by Supreme …

Iranwire – On Friday, November 26, blood flowed on the dry bed of the Zayanderud river. Two weeks after a fresh round of protests got under way in Isfahan, officers from the police’s Special Forces Unit tore into the crowd on motorbikes, attacking farmers and civilians with batons and birdshot while tear gas hung in the air. So far scant information is …

Iranwire – The criminal trial of Hamid Nouri, an Iranian ex-prison official accused of war crimes and murder in connection with Iran’s 1988 prison massacre, opened in Sweden this August. Over more than 40 sessions to date the court has heard evidence from tens of witnesses, including former political prisoners, about the systematic killings that took place in Iranian detention centers that …

Iran-HRM – Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has resumed summoning and re-arresting protesters detained during the November 2019 #Iranprotests. Reza Ramezan Zadeh is among those whom Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence interrogated and threatened to re-arrest. The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence has resumed summoning and re-arresting protesters detained during the November 2019 #Iranprotests. Reza Ramezan Zadeh is among those whom the Intelligence Ministry …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The Communist Party of China operates one of the most immoral regimes in history. For instance, it kills in great numbers. The Genocide Convention, in Article I, requires signatories, such as the United States, “to prevent and to punish” acts of genocide. Preventing and punishing does not include strengthening the despicable ruling group by, for instance, buying Chinese …

Al-Monitor – Less than four months after Ebrahim Raisi assumed the presidency in Iran, widespread nepotism has sparked criticism even among his own Principalist camp. On Nov. 16, Raisi reacted to the accusations for the first time in an open session of the parliament to discuss the proposed Minister of Education, Massoud Fayazi — the son-in-law of Alireza Zakani, a hardline politician …

Al-Monitor – Iranian activists expressed serious concern about 214 protesters arrested during last week’s rallies against water mismanagement in the central city of Isfahan. In a statement Dec. 29, the Center for Human Rights in Iran said the country’s officials were responsible for those held in custody, many of them incommunicado, including at least 13 children. The initially peaceful protests continued for two weeks …