Iranwire – So-called “pregnancy patrols” have reportedly been deployed in major hospitals to intervene where planned medical treatment could affect a woman’s fertility. According to the newspaper Ham Mihan, female operatives employed by the Ministry of Health have been granted a “legal permit” to tour hospital wards and approach women due to have a hysterectomy or ovary removal surgery. The …

VOA – French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday told his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi that reviving the landmark 2015 deal on Tehran’s nuclear capabilities was “still possible” but must happen “as soon as possible.” Macron also “expressed his disappointment” at the absence of progress after the suspension of talks in Vienna and underlined the need for Iran to return to …

VOA – Iran said Saturday that its intelligence agents dismantled a group linked to the Israeli spy agency Mossad, which had allegedly planned terror operations inside Iran. According to Iran’s state-run TV, members of the group had entered Iran from an unspecified neighboring country’s Kurdish-populated area. Both Turkey and Iraq have a minority Kurdish population living alongside the Iranian border. …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Official sources have reported the execution of three men for rape in a prison in the Tehran\Alborz region. According to Rokna, three men were executed in a prison in the Tehran/Alborz region on July 5. The report does not specify their names or the exact location of the executions. The report states that they were …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); July 23, 2022: Following news of the execution of Shokat Shehbakhsh in Zahedan Central Prison this morning, new information reveals that Esmail Narouyi and Khaled Paraki were also executed. According to Hal Vash, two Baluch men were executed in Zahedan Central Prison on July 23. Their identities have been reported as Esmail Narouyi who was sentenced …

Al-Monitor – As the administration of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi faces discontent over increasingly difficult economic  conditions, the government is ratcheting up agitprop around compulsory hijab, the Islamic dress code, in what many Iranians say is a bid to divert public attention from the nation’s day-to-day hardships.  The government’s efforts to enforce hijab rules are divisive in Iranian society with its outward-looking young …

iranhr.net – According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a Baluch man was executed in Yazd Central Prison on July 21. His identity has been established as 29-year-old Heydar Heybozadeh who was sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder. He was a father of one and was transferred for execution from Ward 3 of Yazd Central Prison. An informed source previously …

voanews – Iran’s nuclear program is “galloping ahead” and the International Atomic Energy Agency has very limited visibility into what is happening, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi told Spain’s El Pais newspaper in an interview published Friday. In June, Iran began removing essentially all of the agency’s monitoring equipment, which had been installed under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. …

alarabiya – Iran said on Saturday its security forces had arrested a network of agents working for Israel before they were able to carry out sabotage and “terrorist operations,” state media reported. The announcement by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry came amid heightening tensions with arch-enemy Israel over Tehran’s nuclear program. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online …

rferl.org – Flash floods in Iran’s drought-stricken southern province of Fars have killed at least 21 people following heavy rainfall, state media reported on July 23. The flooding hit several towns and villages near the city of Estahban where torrential rainfall swelled the Roudbal River, a local official said. Videos posted on local and social media showed vehicles being carried …