Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Yousef Sanjari, a Baluch man sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Jiroft Prison. According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Jiroft Prison on the morning of June 26. His identity has been reported as Yousef Sanjari from Eslam Abad who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder. At the time of writing, his …

Al-Monitor – Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani was in the Qatari capital Doha on June 28, as Tehran and Washington agreed to push the restart button on nuclear talks that have been stalled since March. In a tweet, Iranian Ambassador to Doha Hamidreza Dehghani avoided “any unrealistic prejudgement” about the negotiations that are meant to restore the Iran nuclear deal, the Joint …

RFL/RE – Iranian pensioners and retired public employees showed no signs of letting up in their protests against what they say is the government’s failure to address deteriorating living conditions. Videos posted on social media on June 27 showed retirees gathering in at least four cities, Ahvaz, Kermanshah, Arak, and Rasht, chanting slogans against the government of President Ebrahim Raisi.The recent wave …

Iranian-born Norwegian lawmakers Masud Gharahkhani and Mahmoud Farahmand have condemned an attack by a man of Iranian descent in Oslo that killed two people and wounded eight others. Gharahkhani, the speaker of Norway’s parliament, said the weekend shooting near the London Pub, which describes itself on its website as “the largest gay and lesbian venue in Oslo,” reminded him of …

gatestoneinstitute.org – When Hamas and Hezbollah talk about “develop[ing] the program and axis of resistance,” they are referring to terrorist attacks against Israel. The two terrorist groups have tens of thousands of rockets and missiles that are ready to be fired towards Israel at any moment from the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Haniyeh’s visit to Beirut has outraged many Lebanese …

Iranwire – An Iranian human rights activist who documented ill-treatment of detainees after the November 2019 protests has been arrested again himself, colleagues said on Monday. Ahmad Reza Haeri was reportedly taken to Ward 2A of Evin Prison, which is run by the IRGC. IRGC agents had raided his home earlier this month and seized some of his personal belongings, including his …

Iranwire – Thirteen years ago this week, the body of 26-year-old student Neda Agha-Soltan was laid to rest at Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery. The young woman was fatally shot in the chest on July 20, 2009 after attending pro-democracy protests in Tehran with her music teacher, in the aftermath of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election as president of Iran. Her horrific death was captured on video …

Iranwire – At least four female inmates have been infected with tuberculosis at Qarchak Prison, human rights activists report. Cramped, unsanitary conditions at the notorious facility in Varamin, where inmates recently spoke to IranWire about squalid cells and sadistic treatment by the guards, have given rise to fears the disease could spread quickly through the prison population. Atena Daemi, a …

Iranwire – In the last half-decade, a greater degree of scholarly attention has been paid to street protests in Iran in their various forms. From the nationwide protests of 2017 until today, universities, government journals and think-tanks have published dozens of studies on the nature and direction of civil unrest in Iran, and what lies behind it. The latest of …

Iranwire – On July 27, 2021, media outlets affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) reported that two members of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) had been killed and three others injured in an armed clash with IRGC forces in West Azerbaijan. The IRGC contingent hailed from the Hamzeh Seyyed al-Shohada Base near Bukan. Their opponents were not …