RFL/RE – Iranian activist Farhad Meysami has been taken to the hospital following a two-week hunger strike protesting the threatened execution of Swedish-Iranian doctor Ahmedreza Djalali, according to Meysami’s lawyer. Lawyer Mohammad Moghimi wrote on Twitter on May 21 that Meysami’s condition was worsening and that his life was in danger.SEE ALSO:Amnesty Says Swedish-Iranian ‘Hostage’ At Risk Of Retaliatory Execution By Tehran …

Iranwire – Over the last 20 years, there have been multiple incidents of serial killings in Iran that were striking not just for the horrific nature of the crimes involved, but for how they were received by the Iranian public. Among them have been Gholamreza Khoshroo, 32, known as the “Night Bat”, who raped and murdered nine women before finally being …

Iranwire – A colonel in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was shot dead in Tehran by unidentified gunmen on a motorbike, state media reported on Sunday.  In a short statement on the killing of Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, the IRGC blamed “the anti-Revolution and agents affiliated with global arrogance”. Khodaei was shot five times while sat inside his unarmored Pride …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Esmail Shahbakhsh, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug offences, was executed in Zahedan Central Prison.  According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Zahedan Central Prison on the morning of May 21. His identity has been reported as 50-year-old Esmail Shahbakhsh who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges. Esmail Shahbakhsh …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Ayat Ghasemi-Delfani who was sentenced to death for drug offences and murder, has been executed for the drug-related charges in Karaj Penitentiary.  According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Karaj Penitentiary on May 18. His identity has been established as Ayat Ghasemi-Delfani who was sentenced to death for drug-related …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Ahmad Gashoul has been executed for murder charges in Isfahan Central Prison.  According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Isfahan Central Prison on May 19. His identity has been established as 21-year-old Ahmad Gashoul who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder.  An informed source told Iran Human Rights: “Ahmad Gashoul …

Shabtabnews – In a statement International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) called for the immediate release of Zaynab Jalalian, an Iranian women’s rights activist, from her arbitrary detention, which is a gross violation of her basic human rights. Zaynab Jalalian who is serving life imprisonment for her alleged membership of the Kurdish political party, and was also sentenced to death …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s oil minister has agreed to revive a long-stalled project to lay an undersea pipeline to carry gas to Oman, the Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday. Iran sits on one of the world’s largest gas reserves, which Oman has been eyeing as it hopes to feed energy-intensive industries and liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plants. …

gatestoneinstitute.org – [A]s official results came in, [Iran’s Supreme Guide Ali] Khamenei and [Major General Esmail Qaani, chief of the Quds Force who is supposed to rule the “Resistance Front” countries as a satrap]… realized that the Lebanese electorate, or at least the 49% who went to the polls, had denied Tehran the “crushing victory” it had hoped for. That …

VOA —The wife of Iranian-Swedish citizen Ahmadreza Djalali accused of espionage and threatened with execution in Iran, on Saturday called on the European Union to secure her husband’s release. “I hope that the the EU can really act decisively in order to bring Ahmadreza home,” Vida Mehrannia said according to excerpts of an interview on Germany’s ZDF channel. The EU …