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Month: December 2022

UN Experts Call for Immediate Release of Human Rights Defender Arash Sadeghi

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - UN experts including four Special Rapporteurs, have today called for the immediate release of prominent…

Iran, Iraq sign $4 billion engineering agreement

Al-Monitor - Iran and Iraq signed an export agreement today.  Iran signed a $4 billion contract related to the export of…

Iran’s Raisi downplays protests in visit to flashpoint Kurdish city

Al-Monitor - Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi described the public protests that have gripped his country since mid-September as "yet another disgraceful miscalculation" by "the enemy."…

FIFA Allows Banners Supporting Iranian Protesters At World Cup After Iran Eliminated

RFL/RE - FIFA has given permission for the display of banners supporting protests in Iran and rainbow items at the…

Arash Sadeghi’s Family Calls On Other Countries To Pressure Iran Authorities To Release The Activist

RFL/RE - Hossein Sadeghi, the father of imprisoned Iranian activist Arash Sadeghi, has again warned about his son's deteriorating state…

Iranian Sunni Clerics Release Video Urging End To Deadly Crackdown On Protesters

RFL/RE - Sunni clerics of the southern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan have released a video calling on authorities…

Blinken: Iran Regime “Fundamentally” Misunderstands Its People

Iranwire - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Iran’s clerical regime is “fundamentally” misunderstanding Iranian citizens by…

Iran Protest Crackdown: At Least Five Children Arrested In Kurdish Town

Iranwire - Iranian security forces have arrested at least five children in a western Kurdish town over the past days,…

Activist Reports Mass Sexual Abuse In Iran’s Detention Centers

Iranwire - IranWire has recently obtained a voice note from a female inmate in Urmia prison, in northwestern Iran, saying…

Four Sentenced To Death In Iran For “Cooperating” With Israeli Intelligence

Iranwire - Iran says it has sentenced four people to death for allegedly “cooperating” with the Israeli intelligence service, local…