RFL/RE – Police in Iran have arrested an Afghan national suspected of stabbing 10 people to death following a dispute over land, domestic media reported on August 8. Rahman Jalali, deputy governor of Iran’s southeastern Kerman Province, told state media that the unidentified man was arrested on suspicion of killing six Afghans and four Iranians in Rafsanjan on August 7 …

Iranwire – In early summer 2016, a group of female singers – and the men who had worked with them – were summoned as a group to appear before the Culture and Media Court in Tehran. More than 50 individuals were originally named as would-be defendants, and most were subjected to multiple interrogations. Finally, in 2019, the Court issued a …

VOA — Top negotiators in renewed talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal indicated Sunday that they are optimistic about the possibility of reaching an agreement to impose limits on Tehran’s uranium enrichment. “We stand 5 minutes or 5 seconds from the finish line,” Russian Ambassador Mikhail Ulyanov told reporters outside Vienna’s Palais Coburg, four days into the talks. …

Iran-HRM – News from the women’s war of Evin Prison indicates a Coronavirus outbreak that has been rapidly spreading amidst overcrowded, unsanitary, and cramped conditions. An increasing number of women political prisoners have been affected by the virus. Political prisoners Parastoo Moini, Forugh Taghipour, Farangis Mazlum, and Fatemeh Mosanna are among those infected.No medical care against the Coronavirus is provided …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Worse still, [Putin] may already be plotting to open diversionary fronts to confuse his adversaries and stretch their resources. One such front is already taking shape as Serbia, under a pro-Putin team, prepares to invade Kosovo, which is likely to drag in Albania as well. Another front is also looming in Moldova, where Putin has been shipping vast …

Iran-HRM – Iranian film director Jafar Panahi, who has been in prison since July 11, has contracted the coronavirus and transferred to quarantine at Tehran’s Evin Prison. With severe fever and chills, Mr. Panahi requested the prison authorities to send him to a hospital outside the prison for treatment, but his request was rejected. Jafar Panahi’s wife, Tahereh Saeedi is …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Ali Ghareh Lar and Mojtaba Ramin were executed for murder charges in Qom Central Prison. Mehdi Shahpasand and Hossein Ziari are scheduled to be executed for drug-related charges tomorrow. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Qom Central Prison on August 6. His identity has been established as Ali …

RFL/RE – The Iranian Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) says a woman who confessed on air to violations of the country’s hijab law was beaten before making the statement. Quoting what it called an “informed source,” the agency said on August 5 that Sepideh Rashno was taken to a Tehran hospital after making the statement to be examined for internal injuries.According …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Recently the Belgian government proposed and ratified legislation that appears to pave the way to transfer terrorists who have been convicted abroad back to Iran. Does Belgium not understand that returning convicted terrorists to Iran will further embolden and empower the mullahs to carry out more terrorist acts on the European soil while they maintain complete impunity? The …

VOA – Russia’s envoy to talks on reviving Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal said on Friday they had resumed in a “serious” atmosphere even as few expect a breakthrough compromise while Tehran’s disputed uranium enrichment program surges forward. Indirect talks between Tehran and Washington restarted in Vienna on Thursday with a meeting between the Islamic Republic’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri …