“Resign, You Incompetent Mayor”: Tehran’s Bus Drivers Go on Strike
Iranwire - Workers and drivers of the Tehran Unified Bus Company slammed the brakes on Monday, going on strike and…
Month: May 2022
Iran Academic Arrested on Security Charges, ‘Foreign Links’
VOA - Authorities in Iran have arrested a university professor on security charges and "suspicious foreign links," Iranian media reported…
Baluch Mohammad Bameri Executed After Failing to Pay €33k Blood Money
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Mohammad Bameri, a Baluch man sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Iranshahr Prison after…
Unidentified Man Executed for Murder in Mashhad
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - A man only named as Mostafa Kh was executed for murder in Mashhad Central Prison,…
Nationwide protests in Iran as food prices increase
Al-Monitor - Protests have erupted across numerous cities in Iran after the government enacted a series of subsidy cuts, leading…
Iranian Convicted Of 1992 Murder Of Dissidents Calls For Pressure On Sweden To Release Nouri
RFL/RE - Kazem Darabi, an Iranian sentenced to life in prison over the 1992 murder of four Iranian dissidents, has…
Reports of Two More Killed as Protests Spread to Northeast Iran
Iranwire - Demonstrations continued across Iran on Saturday, May 14. Local sources have identified two more men shot dead by…
Filmmakers’ Guilds Demand Explanation for Disappearance of Two Documentary Directors
Iranwire - Three Iranian documentary filmmakers' associations have called In a joint statement for the immediate release of Mina Keshavarz and Firoozeh Khosrovani, who were arrested at…
All Football Matches in Iran Closed to Spectators
Iranwire - Heydar Baharvand, President of the Iran Football League Organization, has ordered the heads of the country's province-level football…
Protests Continue in Iran Despite Security Crackdown
Iranwire - Iran's latest wave of widespread anti-government protests, which began five days ago, continued on May 14 despite the…