Al-Arabia – The US is “skeptical” of the report that says Iran has developed a hypersonic missile, a Pentagon spokesperson said on Thursday. “We’ve seen the reports asserted and coming out of Iran, we remain skeptical of these reports,” Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said in a press conference. “We will continue to monitor closely any development or proliferation out of …

RFL/RE – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has described the months-long anti-establishment protests rocking Iran as a “people’s revolution.” In an interview with RFE/RL’s Georgian Service on November 17, Ebadi said the nationwide demonstrations have shown that Iranians “do not want the Islamic republic.”“The Iranian people want a democratic and secular government,” said Ebadi, who lives in exile. “Only a …

Iranwire – Video Footage widely shared on social media shows dozens of people cheering as a flash of fire is sparked in a building said to be the ancestral home of the late founding father of Iran’s Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khomeini. Activist network 1500Tasvir says the house in his birth town of Khomeini, south of Tehran, was torched by protesters …

Iranwire – The most prominent Sunni cleric in Iran has used his Friday sermon to tell the country’s Shia leadership that the Sunni Baluch minority “will not tolerate threats” and “will not compromise,” amid a fierce state crackdown on nationwide protests demanding more freedoms and women’s rights. “Nowhere in the world do they respond to people’s protests with bullets,” Molavi …

Iranwire – A picture of the body of a 9-year-old child, laying in ice at home instead of in a morgue over fear it could be abducted by security forces, showed the failure of the government and its media arm to scare the protesters. Kian Pirfalak was among the seven people killed after “unknown” gunmen opened fire at people during …

Iranwire – I have been deeply moved by the ongoing protests in Iran, and angered greatly by the violent response of Iran’s leaders. Not that you’d know it from my name, but I’m half English and half Iranian. My mother left Iran in the 1960’s, believing even then, long before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, that it was no place for …

VOA – Iran has accused foreign foes of trying to spark “civil war” by stoking the protests over Mahsa Amini’s death — harsh language that, analysts warn, could presage an even bloodier crackdown. Fears that Iran is sliding into deeper violence have grown since Wednesday, when assailants on motorcycles gunned down nine people — including a woman and two boys …

VOA – The United Nations nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution ordering Iran to cooperate urgently with the agency’s investigation into uranium traces found at three undeclared sites, diplomats at Thursday’s closed-door vote said. The resolution drafted by the United States, Britain, France and Germany says “it is essential and urgent” that Iran explain the origin of …

Iran-HRM – The Revolutionary Court of Tehran issued two separate statements announcing the death sentence for four protesters. The defendants’ names are not mentioned in these statements but reports and documents from previous trial sessions do indicate some names. Names of individuals such as Mohammad Ghobadlou, Mohammad Boroghani, Sahand Noor Mohammadzadeh, and Mahan Sadrat Madani. The Revolutionary Court of Tehran …

On Wednesday night, November 16, as Iranian protesters commemorated November 2019 uprising for the second day, they witnessed crime against humanity committed against the people in Izeh. State security forces and the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) opened fire on the protesting people in many cities and severe clashes took place. A number of people were killed and some injured. Heavy clashes …