Al-Monitor – Iran is preparing to send armed drones to Russia for use in the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine, according to declassified US intelligence revealed by the White House on Monday. “Our information indicates that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia with up to several hundred UAVs [drones], including weapons-capable UAVs, on an expedited timeline,” US National Security …

Al-Monitor – The United Arab Emirates and Iran are planning to work together to fight worsening dust storms in the region.  The environment ministries in both countries will sign a memorandum of understanding tomorrow to exchange expertise on combating dust and sand storms. The agreement follows a decree by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the need for diplomacy …

Al-Monitor – A dissident Iranian filmmaker was arrested after he attempted to inquire about two other imprisoned Iranian filmmakers. Jafar Panahi visited a court in Tehran to inquire about the case of Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Al-Ahmad, Iranian filmmakers who were recently arrested over protests.  Panahi has been very vocal on Instagram about his differences with the direction of the …

Shabtabnews – IOPHR in a letter warned the US Congress about Belgian-Iranian Judiciary Cooperation. The letter stated ” the government of Belgium, which is one of the allies of the United States of America, has submitted a bill to its parliament, which lays out a legal framework of cooperation between the Belgian judiciary and the judiciary of the Islamic Republic …

Iranwire – The hated “Deep State” led by Khamenei in Iran, isolated and despised as a consequence of its continuous failure to provide any kind of solace to the suffering lives of millions of Iranian people – 80 percent of whom are now living below the “poverty” and “extreme poverty” lines – has now resorted to more violence and repression …

Iran-HRM – From the first days of seizing power, Iran’s ruling regime provided the ground for suppressing Iranian women by imposing the mandatory Hijab on them. It tried to terrorize society with its repressive schemes. The Iranian regime tries to repress Iranian women using the pretext of imposing the mandatory Hijab by sending its suppressive forces to the streets or …

amnesty.org – Iranian activist Abbas Vahedian has been detained incommunicado since 5 May 2022, when authorities in Vakilabad prison in Mashhad, Khorasan-e Razavi province, cut off his contact with the outside world. His incommunicado detention heightens longstanding concerns over his torture, including by denial of adequate medical care and enforced isolation. He is solely held for the peaceful exercise of …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Farzad Garavand and Mohammad Hatami who were sentenced to death for moharebeh for armed robbery, have been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions in Karaj Penitentiary. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were transferred from Ward 6 of Karaj Penitentiary to solitary confinement in preparation for their execution in Karaj …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Zarif Kakar, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Zabol Prison. According to the Baluch Activists Campaign, a Baluch man was executed in Zabol Prison on the morning of July 7. His identity has been reported as Zarif Kakar who was from the Karim Abad region in Zahedan and had …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Behzad Narouyi, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Zahedan Central Prison. According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Zahedan Central Prison on the morning of July 7. His identity has been reported as 33-year-old Behzad Narouyi. Behzad Narouyi was a taxi driver in Zahedan at the …