Iranwire – Sardar Pashaei, a former world wrestling champion and coach of Iran’s national wrestling teams, protested yesterday against the removal of Mahsa Ghorbani, Iran’s first female international football referee, from participating in the 2022 World Cup by publishing a photo of her on Twitter. Mr. Pashaei wrote in his tweet: “Mahsa Ghorbani, Iran’s first female international football referee, was …

Iranwire – On Thursday, 28 July, the US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Deborah Lipstadt, protested against an antisemitic tweet published on the Twitter account of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, and demanded that such messages stop. Khamenei had called the “Western powers” a “mafia” with “Zionist merchants” at the top who give orders to elected politicians. …

Iranwire – On July 23, women’s rights activists raised the alarm that the actress Nazanin Bahrami had been arrested. It came shortly after she had signed an 800-strong statement denouncing sexual abuse and violence in the film industry. Reports have since circulated that Bahrami has been able to call her family, and that she was arrested by one of the …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The Iranian regime’s decision to give its backing to Russia’s military offensive against Ukraine… represents an alarming expansion in Iran’s military ambitions beyond the Middle East. Arguably Khamenei’s most revealing comment during the visit was his call for Iran and Russia to increase what he termed “reciprocal cooperation” between the two countries to counter the threat of Western …

VOA – At least seven people were killed in floods near Tehran on Thursday, most in a landslide that dumped mud four meters deep in a village west of the capital, emergency services said.The flash flooding near Tehran, in the foothills of the Alborz mountains, comes less than a week after floods in the normally arid south of Iran left …

amnesty.org – This document contains the details of 321 men, women and children documented by Amnesty International as having been killed by Iran’s security forces during their crackdown on mass protests that erupted across Iran between 15 and 19 November 2019, following the government’s announcement about the significant overnight rise in the price of fuel. Choose a language to view …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Senobar Jalali, an Afghan woman sentenced to qisas for murder is the third woman to have been executed in Iran on July 27. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, an Afghan woman was executed in a Tehran/Alborz Prison on July 27. Her identity has been established as Senobar Jalali who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for the …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mohammadreza Arjmandi, a Baluch man sentenced to qisas for murder, was executed in Bam Prison. According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Bam Prison on July 27. His identity has been reported as Mohammadreza Arjmandi (Sheikihi) who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder. At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported by …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Abdollah Rahimi has been confirmed to have been executed with Soheila Abedi, Payam Yazdani and Heyva Ahmadi in Sanandaj Central Prison on July 27. According to newly confirmed information, a third man was executed in Sanandaj Central Prison on July 27. His identity has been established as Abdollah Rahimi who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder. …

Al-Monitor – Iranian state media today reported a significant increase in the Islamic Republic’s trade with China.  Iranian exports to China rose 31% from January to June of 2022, reaching around $4.1 billion. Chinese exports to Iran also increased 16%, amounting to approximately $4.2 billion, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.  Why it matters: Iran’s relations with the People’s Republic have been …