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Month: July 2022

Members Of Alleged Israel-Linked ‘Spy Network’ Arrested In Iran

RFL/RE - Iranian police have arrested the leader and four other members of a suspected espionage network that Tehran says…

Iranian Foreign Minister Welcomes More Diplomacy On Nuclear Deal

RFL/RE - Iran welcomes diplomatic efforts to resolve its nuclear dispute with world powers, state media quoted the Iranian foreign…

New Case Filed Against Jailed Dissident Meysami For Supporting Protests Against Iran’s Hijab Law

RFL/RE - Jailed Iranian activist Farhad Meysami faces new charges over his criticism and hunger strike to protest against the…

Brother of November 2019 Victim Arrested in Raid on Family Home

Iranwire - Security forces have descended on the family home of a young man killed in Iran’s November 2019 protests, beating…

LGBT+ Activist Facing ‘Corruption on Earth’ Charge in Iran

Iranwire - Detained LGBT+ rights advocate Zahra Sedighi-Hamedani, known online as Sareh, has been ordered to pay a fine of…

Families Camp Outside Evin Prison to Demand War Veterans’ Release

Iranwire - Family members of Iran-Iraq war veterans detained for taking part in peaceful rallies have staged a days-long sit-in…

3 Men Including Baluch Prisoner and Afghan National Executed in Isfahan

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Gholam Nourzehi, a Baluch man, Afghan-national Jomeh Barakzehi and Mohammad Izadi were executed in Isfahan…

Pakistani-Baluch Cleric, Sarajolhagh Sedighi Executed in Shiraz

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Sarajolhagh Sedighi, a Pakistani national who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for “participation in murder,” was executed…

Khamenei supports stricter hijab enforcement in Iran

Al-Monitor - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has expressed support for the country’s enforcement of strict hijab laws.  Speaking about the…

USCIRF Releases New Report on Iranian Propaganda Against Religious Minorities

Shabtabnews – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released a new report titled “Religious Propaganda in…