Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO)- Mohsen Norouzi and an unidentified man were transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions in Rasht Central Prison. They are scheduled to be executed in hours. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions in Rasht Central Prison. They were both sentenced …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Moslem Aghamirzayi who was sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder, has been executed in Khorramabad Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Khorramabad Central Prison on the morning of January 16. His identity has been established 30-year-old Moslem Aghamirazayi who was sentenced to qisas for murder. “Moslem was working painting buildings …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Abdolghafar Cheshmdam-Gargij, a Baluch prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Zahedan Central Prison on January 17, bringing the number of executions at the prison on that day to two. According to Resanak, a Baluch man was executed in Zahedan Central Prison on the morning of January 17. 34-year-old Abdolghafar Cheshmdam-Gargij was from Haji …

Al-Monitor – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived today in Moscow where he held talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. “We want our relations with Russia to be strong and comprehensive. These relations will not be short term or positional, but permanent and strategic,” the Iranian president said. In addition, he thanked his Russian counterpart “for facilitating Tehran’s entry into …

Al-Monitor – Russian Navy ships are visiting Iran to prepare joint maritime exercises between the two countries and China. Russia’s Pacific Fleet on Tuesday said a missile cruiser, anti-submarine warfare ship and a tanker anchored offshore at the port of Chabahar in southeastern Iran. The ships departed Vladivostok last month. The exercises follow previous naval exercises between Russia and Iran last February. The two …

RFL/RE — A dual U.S.-Iranian citizen has been arrested by the FBI on charges of seeking to evade U.S. export restrictions imposed on Iran. Kambiz Attar Kashani, 44, was detained on January 14 in Chicago after he tried to ship goods and technology to the Central Bank of Iran, the Department of Justice said in a statement. The U.S. bans …

RFL/RE – Charred tents, a burned-out motorcycle, and a damaged white SUV vehicle. This was the aftermath of a reported drone strike carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in southeastern Iran. The December 28 strike in Rigan county in Kerman Province appears to mark the first time the IRGC, Iran’s elite military force, has used drones to target security …

Iranwire – The current and former Iranian ambassadors to Russia have thrown their weight behind deeper ties with Moscow ahead of a planned visit to the country by President Ebrahim Raisi, with one claiming Iranians supported the Kremlin under Vladimir Putin. Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi, whose mission in Moscow ran from 2009 to 2013, used an interview with Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting’s …

Iranwire – A Baha’i citizen in Tabriz, Sina Shahri, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents on January 17, at about 1pm, and taken to an unknown location. The agents also searched Shahri’s home and workplace and confiscated personal belongings relating to his religious beliefs. No other information is available regarding Shahri’s case. He is the fifth Baha’i to have …

Iranwire – Seven political prisoners at Evin Prison are on hunger strike in reaction to the death of their fellow inmate, the poet Baktash Abtin. The detainees demand accountability from Iranian judicial figures over Abtin’s having contracted Covid-19 in prison, and alleged medical neglect that allowed him to become seriously ill before receiving treatment. Inmates of Ward 8 of Evin …