RFL/RE – Hard-liners have gained a foothold in Iranian politics during the past year, taking control of the presidency and parliament. But there has been mounting evidence of divisions in the political camp. In the latest sign of an internal power struggle, authorities arrested the administrators of three hard-line Telegram channels believed to have links to the clerical establishment.SEE ALSO:Iran’s …

gatestoneinstitute.org – There also exists the dangerous likelihood, if and when Iran’s regime has nuclear weapons, that they will fall into the hands of Iran’s proxies and militia groups, or that the regime will share its nuclear technology with its proxies and allies, including the Syrian regime and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Iran’s regime has already been setting up weapons …

Iranwire – Vahid Bagheri was one of the countless ordinary Iranian civilians arrested in the November 2019 protests. He was charged with “gathering and collusion against national security” and was sentenced to six years in prison. He has been on a dry hunger strike for 40 days and his friends and family report that he is now in a serious physical …

Iranwire -The brother of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has cast doubt on a recent, wild claim by Iranian state TV that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei lived in a storage container for the first few years of his leadership. Mohammad Hashemi, a revolution-era politician and member of the Expediency Council from 2007 until 2012, made the remarks to IranWatch on Friday. It …

Al-Monitor – Iran and Russia signed a memorandum of understanding today concerning the establishment of mutual trade centers.  One center will be located in the Iranian capital, Tehran, and the other in Russia’s Baltic port city St. Petersburg. They will facilitate trade between the two countries in the energy, transportation, electronics, agriculture, food, pharmaceuticals and construction sectors. The goals of …

RFL/RE – Local media in Iran say public institutions such as hospital, prisons, and child-care centers are facing possible food shortages due to skyrocketing prices. The Tehran-based Etemad newspaper reported on June 15 that the impending “problem” could hit in “the coming weeks” and that “food supplies will be disrupted not only in hospitals but also in other government facilities such as …

Iranwire – On 16 June, Samin Ehsani, a Baha’i citizen and children’s rights activist, was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison to serve a five-year prison sentence. This Baha’i citizen was arrested in August 2012 after appearing at the Evin Prison court to resolve unknown passport issues and was transferred to Evin Prison. He was released after a month of …

Iranwire – On Thursday media outlets close to the IRGC reported that Ali Gholhaki, a hardline journalist and operator of a number of pro-deep state, pro-IRGC  Telegram channels, had abruptly been arrested by the IRGC itself along with several of his colleagues. The MP for Tehran, Malik Shariati, later confirmed the news, including who conducted the arrests: “It [the story] …

Iran-HRM – Disabled Iranians have turned to garbage scavenging and selling their wheelchairs to make ends meet in Iran. In a June 9 report, the Roydad 24 website cited the problems and hardships of disabled Iranians; Problems that have increased unprecedentedly with the skyrocketing prices of various goods and services. According to the report, a disabled woman identified by her …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mohsen Norouzi, a man sentenced to retribution for murder, was executed in Rasht Central Prison today. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Rasht Central Prison on the morning of 16 June. His identity has been established as 24-year-old Mohsen Norouzi who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder. At the …