Iranwire – Anti-government protesters are back to the streets across Iran on Wednesday to mark the 40th day since Mahsa Amini’s death, despite heavy presence of security and intelligence forces as part of a heavy-handed crackdown on rallies. Videos shared online showed dozens of people gathered at Aichi cemetery in Saqqez, Amini’s hometown in the western province of Kurdistan, shouting …

Iranwire – Two political prisoners who were held in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison during a deadly incident at the detention facility earlier this month have said that security forces shot live bullets at inmates, according to their mother. In a video posted on Instagram, Toran Kabiri said she was allowed to meet with her sons Kaveh and Yashar on Monday, …

Iranwire – It is Iran’s largest news source and only domestic broadcaster, with a huge budget and thousands of staff, and a guaranteed place in national life as the nation’s “Voice and Vision”.  But IRIB has lost its way – and the trust of its audiences. What has gone wrong – and what is the way forward? These are questions …

Iranwire – Mahsa Amini’s family is under pressure from security forces to cancel a planned ceremony to mark 40 days since her death, a human rights organization said on Tuesday. The 22-year-old died last month in the custody of the morality police after she was arrested for allegedly wearing the hijab incorrectly. Her death sparked mass anti-government protests which have continued for weeks …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Saudi Arabia is deeply concerned… that the Iran agreement will soon be back on the table…. The Saudis quite correctly believe that that the new Iran deal, rather than stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons, would actually pave the way to nuclear weapons, in addition to giving Iran’s despotic regime up to a trillion dollars — if the …

VOA – Iranian judicial authorities have indicted protesters who had been arrested in recent weeks during anti-government demonstrations that rights groups say resulted in several deaths.The chief justice of Kurdistan province Tuesday indicted 110 people.The move came one day after Hossein Fazli Harikandi, the chief justice of Alborz province, issued indictments for 201 protesters.In Qazvin province, the prosecutor said 55 …

Iran-HRM – The nationwide protests that erupted with the arbitrary killing of Mahsa Amini by Iran’s Mandatory Police, have been met with a bloody crackdown by the state security forces. The state forces have widely taken up use of batons, tear gas, sprinklers, and shotguns on people’s demonstrations. Freely putting to work even combat bullets in some cities that are …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – At least 234 people, including 29 children have been killed in the ongoing nationwide protests. Iran Human Rights has also received many reports of authorities attempting to cover up the killing of protesters. Returning bodies is made contingent on families promising to stay silent or confirming the false causes of death cited by the Forensic …

freebeacon – Biden administration Iran envoy Robert Malley is under increasing pressure to resign his post, as members of Congress and Iranian-American advocacy groups lose faith in his ability to support a growing protest movement in the Islamic Republic that threatens to topple the hardline regime. The protests, which first erupted after the regime’s morality police murdered a young woman …

freebeacon – A Chinese surveillance company is providing Iran with advanced spy technology that helps the hardline regime in Tehran crack down on pro-democracy protesters who in recent weeks have taken to the streets. Tiandy, a China-based manufacturer that specializes in surveillance technology, “is supplying Iran’s Revolutionary Guard [Corps], police, and military while touting itself as an Iran-friendly alternative to …