Iranwire – Workers and drivers of the Tehran Unified Bus Company slammed the brakes on Monday, going on strike and holding rallies in the Iranian capital over a delayed pay rise. Videos posted online by the union showed one protest next to the company headquarters, and another at the Azadi Terminal. In the latter, the drivers chanted “Now, now, we …

VOA – Authorities in Iran have arrested a university professor on security charges and “suspicious foreign links,” Iranian media reported on Monday. The semiofficial Mehr news agency identified the professor as Saeed Madani but did not provide details or say when and where he was taken into custody. The report said the academic had met with allegedly suspicious foreign citizens …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mohammad Bameri, a Baluch man sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Iranshahr Prison after he was unable to pay the €33k diya (blood money). According to the Baluch Activists Campaign, a Baluch man was executed in Iranshahr Prison on the morning of May 14. His identity was reported as Mohammad Bameri from Bakhsh Daman in Iranshahr …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – A man only named as Mostafa Kh was executed for murder in Mashhad Central Prison, official sources have reported. According to Rokna, a man was executed in Mashhad Central Prison on the morning of May 11. Sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, he has only been named as 33-year-old Mostafa Kh. The executed man is alleged to …

Al-Monitor – Protests have erupted across numerous cities in Iran after the government enacted a series of subsidy cuts, leading to a harsh government crackdown that resulted in a reported four deaths.  Iranians on social media have complained since May about the high prices of cooking oil, bread and dairy products. The price of some foods has increased by over …

RFL/RE – Kazem Darabi, an Iranian sentenced to life in prison over the 1992 murder of four Iranian dissidents, has called on President Ebrahim Raisi to pressure the Swedish government for the release of former Iranian official Hamid Nouri, who is on trial in Stockholm over the 1988 mass execution of political prisoners. In an interview with the hard-line Fars …

Iranwire – Demonstrations continued across Iran on Saturday, May 14. Local sources have identified two more men shot dead by security forces on the streets: Behrooz Eslami, reportedly a father-of-two in Baba Heydar, Charmahal and Bakhtiari province, and a man named Saadat Hadipour in Hafshejan. The number of people confirmed to have been killed since protests began now stands at four, including Ali …

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 their homes on May 9 and have yet to reappear. “Despite numerous promises,” the statement read, “the situation of our colleagues remains unclear and no official explanation has been provided on how and why they were arrested.” The co-signatories were …

Iranwire – Heydar Baharvand, President of the Iran Football League Organization, has ordered the heads of the country’s province-level football leagues to tell them not to allow spectators into matches until further notice. In a letter reported on by Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Baharvand said he had taken the decision based on a directive by the Interior Ministry that stated Covid-19 …

Iranwire – Iran’s latest wave of widespread anti-government protests, which began five days ago, continued on May 14 despite the heavy presence of security forces and frequent internet disruptions. Numerous reports online suggest that a number of protesters have been killed and many more arrested. In Neishabur, the second-largest city in the northeastern province of Razavi Khorasan, protesters gathered at …