Iran-HRM – Foad Ghadimi was a 40-year-old father from Divandarreh in Kurdistan Province. Foad had two sons aged 16 and 9. Foad was one of the first victims of the crackdown on nationwide protests in reaction to Mahsa Amini’s killing. Foad Ghadimi was killed by gunshots fired at him by the state security forces. Two bullets had hit him, one in the hand and …

Al-Monitor – As protests against Iran’s government continue over its treatment of women and civil liberties, Tehran may be signaling that it is closer to accepting the latest version of the Iranian nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).   There are several reasons to think a deal may be closer than it was less than …

Al-Monitor – According to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the latest protests in Iran are being attended by some of the youngest age groups ever to attend protests in the country. Ali Fadavi, deputy commander of the IRGC, said today that the average age of the arrests from the protests is 15. He claimed these youths are being encouraged by social media …

RFL/RE – Iran has summoned the British ambassador to Tehran, accusing U.K. officials of trying to provoke further unrest in the country amid a wave of protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini after she was detained for Islamic dress-code violations over the way she was wearing a hijab. Officials in Iran have tried to portray more than two …

RFL/RE – An Italian woman has been arrested in Iran amid a wave of protests triggered by the death in custody of a young woman detained by morality police for “improperly” wearing a mandatory headscarf, or hijab. Anger over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on September 16 has swept Iran, with demonstrations in cities across the country.Alessia Piperno’s parents told the Italian newspaper …

VOA – President Joe Biden said Tuesday the U.S. plans to “impose further costs” this week on Iran for assaulting protesters demonstrating against the government for the death of a young woman held in custody by the country’s morality police for failing to properly cover her hair with a hijab. Biden, in a Twitter post, did not elaborate on what …

VOA – Iran has recently sent new military reinforcements to its western borders close to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and threatened to launch a cross-border ground invasion into Iraqi Kurdistan against Iranian Kurdish opposition groups, a senior Iraqi Kurdish official in Iraq who asked to remain anonymous told VOA. “Iran has gathered forces near Kurdistan Region and through a …

Baquer Namazi, a US citizen held in Iran on spying charges, has left the country, the country’s state news agency announced Wednesday.  The family’s lawyer, Jared Genser, confirmed his release by sharing a photo of him on the plane. Baquer #Namazi has finally left #Iran after 6.5 years as an illegal detainee! He will arrive in Muscat, Oman, and then will travel on to Abu Dhabi for urgent …

Iranwire – Iran’s soccer stars are used to the love and admiration of football fans throughout the country. But returning the love of the people has cost them dear. The one they called “the magician”, Ali Karimi, has had his properties confiscated by security forces and his statue torn down. “The monarch”, Ali Daei, has had his passport confiscated and is being prevented from …

Iranwire – Suppression order from the barracks; Decoding Ali Khamenei’s speech Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, spoke yesterday at a police academy in Tehran yesterday, October 3, after two weeks of unprecedented protest against the policies of the Islamic Republic sparked by the murder of Mahsa Amini on September 16. But what did he say? And …