Dragan Skočić, the manager of Iran’s national football team, and Mirshad Majedi, acting president of the Iranian Football Federation, reportedly had a shouting match last week that lasted for more than 90 minutes. Mere months before Team Melli is due to compete in Group B at the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar, consultations are taking place at President Raisi’s office …

Iranwire – Last week General Rahim Safavi, a former chief commander of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), claimed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has cured his grandchild of jaundice. In a video released on June 16, Safavi told an audience at the Iranian army’s AJA University of Command that the youngster was yellow down to his belly and, in a panic, he had …

VOA – Iran on Monday hanged a man convicted of killing two clerics and wounding another in an April stabbing attack. Iranian state television identified the man as Abdollatif Moradi. The attack happened at the Iman Reza shrine in the northeastern city of Mashhad, a major pilgrimage site for Shiite Muslims. One of the clerics died instantly, while another died …

Iran-HRM – A political activist who is serving his prison sentence in Mashhad’s Vakil Abad Prison in northeastern Iran has been deprived of medical care. Prison officials have banned Hashem Khastar, who is also a teacher from receiving medical care outside of prison because he refuses to be transferred to the hospital with shackles on his hand and feet. According …

Al-Arabia – Police have arrested 120 people for breaking Iran’s segregation and morality rules at a party in the forest in the northern province of Mazandaran, state media reported Sunday. “Members of this illegal tour… were arrested by the morality police and a lawsuit has been filed,” provincial judiciary chief Mohammad Sadegh Akbari said, quoted by state broadcaster IRIB. Akbari …

Al-Arabia – Iran on Saturday told the United Arab Emirates that Tehran gave a high priority to improving ties with its neighbors, Iranian state media reported, a day after the UAE voiced concern over Tehran’s nuclear program. The UAE’s envoy at the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog on Friday said he hoped Iran would work with the body to provide reassurances …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Shah Gholam Kanjourian was executed for drug-related charges in Babol Prison. According to HRANA news agency, a man was executed in Babol Prison on the morning of 16 June. His identity has been reported as 48-year-old Shah Gholam Kanjourian who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court after his arrest two …

Shabtabnews – IRF has announced the hosting of a Summit 2022@IRFSummit on Global Campaign for Religious Prisoners of Conscience on June 28-30 in Washington, DC. Are you ready for #IRFSummit2022? It's barely 1 month away! Register today to save your place at the premier gathering of international religious freedom advocates and activists, happening June 28-30 in Washington, DC. https://t.co/fneeOz0GOl pic.twitter.com/ZGcxJ1OAP6— …

Al-Arabia – An Iranian fighter plane crashed near the central city of Isfahan on Saturday after its engine failed, but both pilots survived, media reported. The pilots were taken to a local hospital, the official IRNA news agency said. It said there was a technical failure in the engine of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat that led to the crash. A …

Al-Arabia – The United Arab Emirates urged Iran on Friday to provide reassurances on the peaceful nature of its nuclear program after the International Atomic Energy Agency denounced Tehran’s lack of cooperation. “There are concerns,” said the permanent representative of the UAE to the IAEA, Hamad al-Kaabi. In response to an AFP question during a press conference on the Emirates’ …