Al-Monitor – Nearly 30 people were killed in less than 48 hours as Iranian cities witnessed a flare-up of anti-government protests, which have rocked the nation since mid-September when 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in the custody of religious police. Thursday’s violence was markedly widespread in the western Kurdish city of Boukan. According to footage and reporting by activists and media …

Al-Monitor – The US Treasury Department announced new sanctions Thursday targeting 13 companies it said were part of a network supporting the sale of Iranian oil and petrochemicals. Based in China, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates, the designated companies are accused of facilitating the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian petrochemicals and petroleum products …

Shabtabnews – UN resolution on on human rights condition in Iran was released for discussion and vote in the UN and as of today, the results are the following: Vote of 79 in favor, 28 against, and 68 abstentions.  To note, Paragraph 15 of this resolution deals directly with Mahsa Amini and the ensuing protests after her death.  Paragraph 16 …

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement USIRF Commissioner asked the Biden administration to pursue every available measure to support Iranians . USIRF Commissioner @Skleinbaum: "Furthermore, the Biden administration must pursue every available measure to support Iranians asserting their internationally-guaranteed human rights & sanction officials responsible for these ongoing & violent crackdowns.” https://t.co/ZG5QxUWHNA— USCIRF (@USCIRF) November 15, 2022 The USIRF Commissioner …

RFL/RE – Lawyer and rights activist Hassan Asadi Zeidabadi has been arrested amid Iran’s state crackdown on protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. Zeidabadi’s wife, Atefeh Khalafi, said on social media that her husband was arrested on November 16 by the intelligence branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Several thousand have …

Iranwire – Iranian security forces have shot and killed at least 10 people in western Kurdish cities and towns over the past 24 hours, IranWire reports, as anti-government protestors staged fresh demonstrations across the country. Riot police clashed with protesters in dozens of Iranian cities on November 16, with shopkeepers and businesses striking for the second consecutive day. Unknown gunmen …

Iranwire – A 17-year-old Kurdish teenager was shot and killed late on November 16, IranWire reports, as a brutal crackdown by Iranian security forces on protests claimed at least 10 lives in western Kurdish cities and towns over the past 24 hours. Danial Pabandi, 17, was riding his motorcycle in the Kurdish city of Saqqez when he was shot by …

Iranwire – Unknown gunmen have opened fire in a shopping center in the southern Iranian city of Izeh, killing at least five people and wounding 15 others, local media report. “At 17:30 on Wednesday afternoon, in a terrorist act, two motorcycle riders shot at the people and security guards with military weapons,” Khuzestan province’s deputy police commander Valiullah Hayati told …

gatestoneinstitute.org – For decades Tehran has consistently lied about the true extent of its nuclear ambitions, so it should come as no surprise that Iran’s instinctive response when confronted about its military support for Russia has been to issue a denial. Iran’s belated admission that it is actively supporting the Russian war effort is certainly an alarming development, one that …

VOA – They were unarmed and praying in a mosque when security forces fired indiscriminately from a nearby security post. One woman, while praying in full Islamic hijab, was killed by a tear gas grenade as several men hit by bullets were lying dead and wounded inside the same mosque on September 30. It is now called “the bloody Friday” …