Iranwire – Luxembourg’s Foreign Ministry says that according to available information, a resident of the country of Iranian descent has been arrested in Iran and sentenced to death amid a deadly crackdown on nationwide protests. Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn spoke on the phone with his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir- Abdollahian, to discuss the case and the situation in the country, …

VOA – Reports from Iran say at least 44 lawyers have been arrested since mass anti-government protests erupted following the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman who had been arrested by Iranian authorities for wearing her headscarf improperly. The reports say that while about 20 of the lawyers have been released from custody, two have been sentenced – one …

gatestoneinstitute.org – That members of the Basij appear in plainclothes makes it extremely difficult for people to identify them before being attacked. Iran International news agency reported: “According to Rouydad24 news website in Tehran, when people produce evidence that they were beaten or arrested by plainclothes individuals or even when videos of plainclothes officers arresting, beating or shooting at protesters emerge, the …

VOA – Iran’s Supreme Court has accepted the appeals of two protesters sentenced to death due to flaws in investigating their cases, the country’s judiciary said Saturday. “The Supreme Court accepted the appeals of Mohammad Qobadloo and Saman Saidi Yasin, accused of the recent riots,” the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported. “Due to research deficiencies, the Supreme Court has referred …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Abdollah Shahuzehi, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Shiraz Central Prison. According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Shiraz Central Prison on December 21. His identity has been reported as 35-year-old Abdollah Shahuzehi who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court. He …

RFL/RE – The Biden administration’s envoy to Iran says a deal to revive a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is not dead, but Washington is skeptical Tehran is “prepared or able” to reach an agreement after it backed away from “a golden opportunity” in September to finalize an accord and then threw its support behind Moscow in its …

Iranwire – Iran’s most prominent Sunni cleric has again used his Friday sermon to urge the country’s Shia leadership to stop executing protesters, saying it cannot hold onto power by force. “The system cannot be maintained by using armed soldiers, force and prisons. No one should kill the soldiers. Soldiers should also not kill people who don’t have a weapon …

Iranwire – Over the past few days, Iranian government supporters have falsely attributed a Twitter account critical to the clerical regime to Taraneh Alidoosti, a prominent actress arrested last week after she expressed support for the nationwide protest movement. Pro-regime media outlets have used the fake Twitter account to support the case against Alidoosti, alleging that the messages posted there …

Iranwire – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned that the mass human rights abuses being committed by the Iranian authorities during their ongoing crackdown on nationwide protests will have consequences for the Islamic Republic. Blinken made the comments at a press conference on December 22, after the United States impose a new round of sanctions against the Iranian …

Iranwire- Every year, the deteriorating air quality in Tehran and other Iranian cities on the final days of December forces the authorities to order the closure of schools and other services. That’s what happened this week, when school classes were held remotely in Tehran, the southern city of Ahvaz and urban areas in the provinces of Alborz, Isfahan and Arak. …