Iranwire – The authorities in the western Iranian city of Saqqez were forced to organize annual ceremony marking the 1979 storming of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran indoors, after days of state-sponsored propaganda failed to bring residents out for the event. Saqqez is the hometown of Mahsa Amini, whose October 16 death in the custody of morality police sparked the …

Itanwire – Iranian authorities have rearrested university student Shahriar Shams and transferred him to Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, as students across the country continued to defy a brutal crackdown by security forces on anti-government protests. According to IranWire sources, security officers early on November 5 stormed Shams’ residence without a valid arrest warrant, and leveled insults against his mother and …

gatestoneinstitute.org – By the time of this writing, we had the names of 385 protesters killed, including 40 women and 32 children, and 7 security men. A further 12,500 people have been arrested, according to statistics presented to the International Committee of the Red Cross. “People just don’t believe what our authorities say,” complains former Islamic Majlis (parliament) member Masud …

Iran-HRM – Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court of Zahedan tried a female Baluch university student on November 1, 2022. Faezeh Barahui, 24, studies at Azad University of Zahedan. She was arrested on October 3. She is accused of “leading the riots.” The Court’s verdict will be announced in 20 days. Faezeh Barahui’s trial took place while she was denied …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO)- At least 304 people, including 41 children and 24 women have been killed in the ongoing nationwide protests. Yesterday, security forces killed at least 16 people with live bullets in Khash in Sistan and Baluchistan province. Iran Human Rights calls on the international community to support the Iranian people’s uprising and take immediate action to end …

Al-Monitor — Iranian security forces have arrested popular singer and social activist Toomaj Salehi in the western province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari. The dissident rapper, who is commonly known by his first name, was reportedly taken along with a group of friends from the village of Gerd Bisheh to an unknown location. Toomaj had used his popular media platforms to speak against Iranian …

Al-Arabia – A White House official played down the potential for regime change in Iran on Friday, saying that US President Joe Biden was expressing solidarity with Iranian protesters after he said “we’re going to free Iran.” “The President was expressing our solidarity with the protesters as he’s been doing, quite frankly, from the very outset,” National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby …

Al-Arabia – Iran wants to sell oil to India and is ready to deliver it, Iran’s ambassador to India Iraj Elahi said on Friday in an interview with Reuters partner ANI. “We always express our readiness to increase our economic ties with India. It’s up to India, we are ready to deliver oil,” Elahi said, adding that US sanctions have …

Iranwire – Iranian officials say at least 620 Baluchis have been arrested during weeks of anti-government protests in Sistan and Baluchestan, as human rights activists fear a crackdown by security forces on demonstrators in the restive eastern province left up to 10 people dead on November 5. Armed forces fired shots and tear gas at protesters who had gathered in …

Iranwire – Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialized nations have condemned Iran’s “brutal and disproportionate use of force” against largely peaceful nationwide protests sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody. “We, the G7 members, express our support for the fundamental aspiration of the people of Iran for a future where human security …