Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement USCIRF commended the announcement from @USTreasury and @StateDept on new sanctions on Iranian officials. USCIRF Cmmr @StephenSchneck: "Today's sanctions announcement from @USTreasury and @StateDept sends a clear message—the US stands with women in Iran asserting their religious freedom and will hold accountable those responsible for denying this basic right." https://t.co/hS55FPBIb2— USCIRF (@USCIRF) October 6, …

Al-Monitor – The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on seven senior Iranian leaders linked to the country’s violent suppression of nationwide protests and continued clampdown on internet access. Those blacklisted by the Treasury Department include Iranian Communications Minister Eisa Zarepour, who it blamed for Iran’s digital crackdown, and Minister of the Interior Ahmad Vahidi, who has oversight of Iran’s Law Enforcement …

Shabtabnews – In a open letter the Iran National Liberation Front (INLF) requested that President Biden fully support the Iranian protestors. The letter states that : ” the massive demonstrations resulting in massacre of many innocent people who are opposing the illegal rule of so called “clerics” in Iran, has awakened the silent press all over the world. Iranians all …

Al-Arabia – France on Thursday condemned a video aired on Iranian state television showing “confessions” by two French nationals to fomenting unrest and formally described the detainees as hostages. “Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris have been arbitrarily detained in Iran since May 2022, and as such are state hostages,” the ministry said in an unusually harshly-worded statement. “The staging of their supposed …

gatestoneinstitute.org – US President Joe Biden and his administration have, it appears, decided to sacrifice not only the brave people of Iran now risking their lives in a bid for decent governance, but also the Arabs. This betrayal of longtime allies is taking place, it seems, to appease Russia, ever eager to keep the price of oil at a premium, …

RFL/RE – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Tehran of employing excessive repressive measures, including lethal force, against participants in weeks-long nationwide anti-government protests sparked by the death last month of a young woman arrested by Iran’s morality police. Mahsa Amini died on September 16, three days after being detained by morality police because of “improperly” wearing the hijab, a …

Iranwire – Amid nationwide mass protests across Iran, human rights activists have raised concerns that the country’s judiciary system may secretly execute two female LGBTQ+ activists, who have been on death row since early September. Activists have warned that with the international focus on the ongoing protests, sparked by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, the two executions …

Iranwire – Angry protests have continued across Iran for an eighteenth day and have again been met by lethal force resulting in the death of many protestors and bystanders, including children. A source in Zahedan told IranWire that the Shirabad district has become a battlefield where repressive forces are present with full combat equipment. Human rights groups say at least …

Iranwire – Forty years of “dualization”, or in other words, polarization, by the Islamic Republic, and the elimination of critics and opponents since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, has led to the creation of a majority that opposes the ruling Shia clergy and a minority that supports them. Now tens of millions of people, including some who were once within the …

VOA – Concern grew on Wednesday over what caused the death of 16-year-old Nika Shahkarami who had joined the protests in Iran, even as the Iranian judiciary rejected accusations that she had been killed by security forces. Reports from Persian media based outside Iran have said that the grieving girl’s family were not allowed to bury her body in her …