Iranwire – For the last nine days, Tehran residents wanting to get somewhere by bus were presented not with the usual service run by Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company, but minibuses with license plates belonging to the IRGC and the police. Drivers with the TSBC and also the high-speed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service were on strike over the municipality’s …

VOA – Iran’s hardline president vowed revenge on Monday over the killing of a senior Revolutionary Guard member gunned down in the heart of Tehran the day before, a still-mysterious attack on the country’s powerful paramilitary force. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi hailed Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodaei as a martyr and blamed “the hand of global arrogance,” a reference to the …

Iran-HRM – The health of a political prisoner with cancer is rapidly deteriorating as the authorities have stopped his lifesaving treatment. The treatment of Kasra Bani Amerian, a political prisoner with has been stopped in Evin Prison. The authorities have deprived him of access to physiotherapy and other urgent medical treatment. Kasra Bani Amerian suffered from a muscle problem in …

Iran-HRM – The plight of Iranian women athletes has been highlighted by two weightlifters who fled the world sports camps, seeking asylum in other countries. In recent days, Parisa Jahanfekrian and Yekta Jamali, two women weightlifting champions left Iran. Parisa Jahanfekrian, 27, has recently applied for political asylum from Germany. Parisa Jahanfekrian, who should have been the first female weightlifter …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Following news of Mossadegh Malahi’s execution in Minab Prison earlier today, new reports show that Mohammad Sorkhrou and Abbas Kamali were also executed on drug-related charges at the prison today. According to Hal Vash, three Baluch men were executed in Minab Prison on May 23. Their identities have been reported as Mohammad Sorkhrou from Minab, …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mossadegh Malahi, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Minab Prison. According to the Baluch Activists Campaign, a Baluch man was executed in Minab Prison on May 23. His identity has been reported as Mossadegh Malahi from Bandar Kalahi in Minab. Mossadegh Malahi was arrested for drug-related offences around four …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Abdolbari Rigi, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug-related charges and Ms Hayati, a woman sentenced to qisas for murder, were both executed in Shiraz Central Prison yesterday. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a woman and a Baluch man were executed in Shiraz Central Prison on May 22. The man’s identity has been …

Al-Monitor – At a time when tensions between Iran and the West are elevated and the fate of the 2015 nuclear deal hangs in the balance, a forthcoming athletic encounter resembling what pundits call “ping-pong diplomacy” is revitalizing hopes that there are still opportunities for narrowing gaps between the two sides.  The draw for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in …

Al-Monitor – Iran and Oman agreed today to jointly develop an oil field in the Persian Gulf.  Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji made the agreement with his Omani counterparts on the “integrated development” of the field. The two countries also agreed to exchange petrochemical products and related technical and engineering expertise, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.  The agreement came during …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Oman on Monday with trade deals on the agenda and as international talks on Tehran’s nuclear program hang in the balance. Raisi, on his second Gulf visit since taking office in August, was greeted by Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said at the airport and received a 21-gun salute at the royal …