Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement the the USCRIF USCIRF Commissioner stated that : “The international community must speak in a united voice against Iran’s longstanding policy of targeting Baha’is on the basis of their faith.” USCIRF Commissioner @RealEU4U: "The international community must speak in a united voice against Iran's longstanding policy of targeting Baha'is on the basis of their …

Al-Arabia – The US continues to review the European Union’s latest proposed deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program, saying it’s encouraged that some key demands have been dropped. The Biden administration will respond at an appropriate time, a US official said Monday, adding that delays by Iran have stretched on for months, and any suggestion the US is now delaying the process …

RFL/RE – Iranian authorities have announced the seizure of 9,404 illegal cryptocurrency mining devices in Tehran since the end of March. Kambiz Nazerian, head of Tehran Electricity Distribution Company, said on August 22 that the mining devices were discovered by inspectors in different districts of the Iranian capital.SEE ALSO:Cryptocurrencies Are No Digital Cure-All For Iran, Russia, Other Sanctioned States In recent years, …

Iranwire – In June the unusual story of a plane grounded in Argentina after a covert flight over the country’s airspace with the transponder turned off made headlines worldwide. The US Department of Justice is now seeking to seize the aircraft, which was previously sold by Iran’s Mahan Air to Venezuel’s Emtrasur, and was flying with a mixed Iranian-Venezuelan crew.  The FBI …

Iranwire – In the last week of July, it was widely reported in Iran that Minister of Sports and Youth Hamid Sajjadi had received a letter from FIFA regarding women and girls being admitted to football matches. Sajjadi did not deny the letter, but went on the record saying FIFA’s message had been a request, “not a requirement”. Last week, …

Iranwire – Sepideh Rashnu, a 28-year-old artist and editor, was arrested on July 16 after she was filmed arguing with a woman on a bus over forced hijab. Two weeks later, state TV aired a program showing her giving a forced confession while signs of beatings were visible even on her face. She is still in detention, her location unknown. Days after the “confession” …

gatestoneinstitute.org – “First, Biden decided to waive the demand to include the role of Iran’s terrorists in the region in the talks [in Vienna]… Biden decided not to address this issue at all, nor the role of terrorist militias affiliated with Iran in the Arab countries.” — Sayed Zahra, deputy editor of the Gulf’s Akhbar Al-Khaleej, August 20, 2022. The second …

VOA — The United States said it is “seriously reviewing” Iran’s latest response to a European Union proposal aimed at reviving a 2015 nuclear deal.The U.S. is encouraged that Iran appears to have dropped some of its “non-starter demands,” such as removing the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) from the U.S. Foreign Terrorist Organizations list.“That’s part of the reason why …

CHRI – The UN has condemned the Iranian government’s renewed campaign of persecution against the Baha’i faith minority. Bahai’s, including former prisoners of conscience, are being arbitrarily detained while others are seeing the government confiscate their property. The Baha’i community is one of the most severely persecuted religious minorities in Iran. The Iranian constitution does not recognize the faith as an official …

Iran’s response to the EU proposal to salvage the nuclear accord was “reasonable,” the European Union’s foreign policy chief said on Monday, adding that he hoped the United States would soon share its own views.  Iran submitted its formal response last week to what the EU described as a “final” text after some 16 months of EU-mediated indirect talks between …