iran-hrm – The state security forces have arrested at least 16 people at protests over the drying up of Lake Urmia which was once the world’s second largest salt lake. Reports say dozens have also been summoned by the authorities. Rahim Jahanbakhsh, the police chief of Iran’s West Azerbaijan Province, said on July 17 that several people had been arrested …
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A Human Rights Website Reports a Dutch National Has Been Arrested in Iran
radiozamaneh – A recent HRANA report claims a Dutch citizen is imprisoned in Iran. According to HRANA, the Iranian Human Rights Activists news agency, “Kees Lunenburg” has reportedly been sentenced to five years in prison for the alleged charge of “collusion against national security.” In an email to the Dutch foreign ministry, Zamaneh asked for confirmation of any Dutch nationals …
Read More »Iranian Political Prisoner Put In Isolation
rferl.org – Relatives of Manuchehr Bakhtiari have warned that the Iranian political prisoner’s health is deteriorating due to him being on a hunger strike and in solitary confinement. In an interview with Radio Farda on July 18, a relative who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals from authorities, said that Bakhtiari, whose 27-year-old son Pouya Bakhtiari was killed in a …
Read More »Iran Human Rights Welcomes Life Sentence for Hamid Noury over 1988 Mass Executions
iranhr.net – Hamid Noury was found guilty of “criminal and flagrant violation of international laws and intentional murder.” This is the first time that any Iranian official has been held accountable for the 1988 mass execution. Welcoming the judgement holding an Iranian official accountable, Iran Human Rights calls on the international community to immediately arrest and prosecute any perpetrators that …
Read More »Senior Iranian Official Claims Tehran Capable Of Making Nukes But No Decision Made Yet
rferl.org – A senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the country is capable of making a nuclear weapon but a decision whether to do so has not yet been made. Kamal Kharrazi’s comments to Al-Jazeera TV on July 17 came after U.S. President Joe Biden vowed on a trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia that Washington …
Read More »At Least 16 Arrested At Protests At Drying Lake In Iran
rferl.org – Iranian police have arrested at least 16 people after they protested over the drying up of Lake Urmia in northwest Iran on July 16. Lake Urmia began shrinking in 1995 due to a combination of prolonged drought and the extraction of water for farming and dams, according to the UN Environment Program. Urmia, one of the largest “hypersaline” …
Read More »Protesters in Iran burn American flags as US President Biden toured Middle East
alarabiya – A group of protesters in Tehran burned US and Israeli flags on Saturday as US President Joe Biden visited the Middle East on a four-day trip. The students at the protest said they oppose normalization of ties between Israel and Arab countries in deals that were brokered by the US. For all the latest headlines follow our Google …
Read More »U.S. Claims Intelligence Shows Russians Shopping For Iranian Military Drones Ahead Of Putin Visit
rferl.org – The White House has released what it says is intelligence showing that Russian officials have recently visited an airfield in Iran to see unmanned, weaponized drones it wants to acquire to use in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has tightened relations with Tehran of late and is scheduled to visit Iran this week to …
Read More »Iran Sanctions 61 Americans For Support Of Exiled Dissident Group
rferl.org – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has imposed sanctions on 61 additional U.S. citizens, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, for backing an exiled Iranian dissident group. The ministry on July 16 said former President Donald Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and former White House national-security adviser John Bolton had also been sanctioned for voicing support for the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization …
Read More »Political prisoners hold sit-in to gain their right to visitations
iran-hrm – The latest reports from Qarchak Prison say political prisoners in that prisoner had held a sit-in protest in solidarity with Zahra Safaei. Political prisoner Zahra Safaei has been deprived of visiting her son for more than three months. Her son, Massoud Moini, is detained in Evin Prison. According to reports from Qarchak Prison on July 12, political prisoner …
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