Iran-HRM – Iran uses the death penalty against dissidents to terrorize the public Dozens of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience are currently on death row in Iran. These prisoners include dissidents, prisoners of conscience, as well as protesters arrested during anti-regime protests. The Iranian regime’s use of the death penalty against prisoners is intended to intimidate and prevent protests …

CHRI – A grassroots teachers’ rights movement is gaining steam in Iran, where large street protests by teachers are increasingly sprouting across the country. “In Iran’s current economic situation, the financial burden on the teaching community is terrible,” said Sattar Rahmani, the author of several Persian-language books and articles on the movement, in an interview with the Center for Human Rights in …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – An unnamed man was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison after being sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder based on qassameh testimony. According to Hamshahri online, a man was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in recent days. The unnamed man was sentenced to qisas for murder. At trial, the only witness was deemed ineligible to testify by the judges and as the …

Al-Monitor – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been in office for almost six months, and addressing the economic ills of the country has certainly been the government’s top priority. However, drafting appropriate policies is only one piece of a complex puzzle to improve economic conditions. Many experts agree that one problem is the lack of a clear economic doctrine. While criticizing the …

Al-Monitor – The president of Iran’s Wrestling Federation, Alireza Dabir, says he was left with “no choice but to cancel” an Iran-US meet after several visa applications submitted by the Iranian delegation were rejected by American authorities. In a letter to his American counterpart, Dabir lamented the fact that he and five others had been denied their visas and were, therefore, unable …

Al-Arabia – The US is repeating its offer of a $10 million reward for information on two Iranians accused of attempting to influence the 2020 US elections through a state-sponsored online campaign, according to a US Department of State statement released on Tuesday. The two men were charged in November 2021 over their alleged involvement in hacking an undisclosed media …

Iranwire – Former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has called for Iran to abandon the idea of reviving the nuclear deal, turning against the current lead negotiator and his one-time deputy in an extraordinary letter addressed to the Supreme Leader. The letter is reported to run to some 200 pages. Though it has not been published in full, Jalili has not …

Iranwire – An IRGC intelligence official has warned Iranian society is “in a state of explosion” and social discontent “has risen by 300 percent in a year”, according to a classified document published this week by the hacker group Edaalat-e Ali (Ali’s Justice). This document in question is reported to be seven pages of minutes from the November 21, 2021 meeting of …

Iranwire – Abbas Nikravan, a traditional musician from West Azerbaijan province, has been sentenced to three months in prison by Branch 102 of Salmas Criminal Court on the charge of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran in cyberspace”. The singer and philanthropist, who hails from the village of Nadarli in Shabestar county, was arrested by security forces on September …

Iran-HRM – A 22-year-old man was shot to death by security forces in a park on Monday night while he was celebrating his birthday with some friends in the city of Shush, southwest Iran. The man has been identified as Sajjad Ka’ibi. One of his friends, Ali Ka’b Amir has been also shot and severely injured. Sources close to the …