Iranwire – Nearly three years ago, on January 8, 2020, Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired two missiles at a Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) passenger plane shortly after it took off from Tehran. All 176 people onboard UIA Flight 752 were killed, including 29 children. As the families and friends of the victims are seeking the truth and justice, the judiciary …
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Kurdish Iranian Rapper Facing Execution Attempts To Commit Suicide
Iranwire – A Kurdish Iranian rapper who has been sentenced to death tried to take his own life in prison, activists say. The France-based Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported that Saman Yasin swallowed a large number of pills in Rajaee Shahr prison on the evening of December 20. The prison is located in the town of Gohardasht, approximately 20 kilometers …
Read More »Recommendations: Congress Can Play a Vital Role in Supporting the Protesters in Iran
CHRI – Since peaceful protests erupted across Iran in September 2022, the Islamic Republic has tried to crush them by killing hundreds of men and women, including dozens of children, arresting thousands, and executing protesters. Congress can play a vital role in supporting the basic rights and freedoms of the Iranian people, according to a new set of recommendations released …
Read More »Targeted Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders in 2022 Iran Nationwide Protests
Iranhr.net – This report documents the targeted and systematic crackdown of human rights defenders and their rights violations in Iran. In contrast to previous years’ reports which covered a one-year period, this year, Iran Human Rights’ Human Rights Defenders report is limited to 18 September- 30 November 2022. This decision was made due to the bloody suppression of protests by …
Read More »Ukrainian President Zelensky criticizes Iran’s support for Russia during Congress speech
Al-Monitor – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized the Islamic Republic of Iran during his speech to Congress Wednesday evening. Zelenskyy came to Washington to meet US President Joe Biden and secure more aid for Ukraine as it fights against Russia’s invasion of the country. Speaking in his quintessential army green sweatshirt, Zelenskyy spent much of the speech bashing Russia and thanking the …
Read More »US targets Iran’s prosecutor general, military officials with new sanctions
Al-Monitor – The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled new sanctions on Iranian officials, including the senior official overseeing the prosecution of protesters, as the nationwide anti-government demonstrations in Iran continue into their fourth month. The US Treasury Department designated Iran’s prosecutor general, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, who in late September reportedly directed Iran’s courts to issue harsh sentences to those arrested …
Read More »Video shows Biden saying Iran nuclear deal is ‘dead’
Al-Arabia – US President Joe Biden said last month that the multi-state deal with Iran to limit its nuclear program was “dead,” but he would not announce that publicly, according to a video that surfaced Tuesday. The video, which appears genuine and was apparently taken on November 3 during Biden’s visit to California, shows him being asked by a woman …
Read More »Iranian Currency Weakens Further Amid Protests, Rumor That Nuclear Deal Is ‘Dead’
RFL/RE – Iran’s national currency, the rial, fell to a record low against the U.S. dollar as unrest triggered by the death in custody of a young woman over an alleged head scarf violation continues to rock the country. The rial traded at 396,700 to the dollar on December 20, according to traders in Tehran and the Bonbast.com foreign-exchange website, down from …
Read More »Iranian Lawmakers Propose Plan To Punish ‘Fake News’ As Protests Roil Nation
RFL/RE – Hard-line Iranian lawmakers have proposed a plan to impose tougher penalties against those who publish news that is deemed to have “negative social consequences.” According to the plan, those who publish “fake news” in the media will be responsible for the negative social consequences resulting from it. The rules would “apply to any type of news.”Mohammad Taghi Naqdali, a member …
Read More »Iranian Regime Used “Excessive Lethal Force, Torture” Against Kurdish Protesters
Iranwire – Iranian security forces have used “excessive and unlawful lethal force” against largely peaceful protesters in Kurdistan Province’s capital, Sanandaj, since the start of the nationwide protest movement three month ago, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. Iran has been swept by protests demanding more freedoms and women’s rights since the September 16 death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa …
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