Iranwire – The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan resolution expressing solidarity with Iranian anti-government protesters amid a bloody crackdown by the Islamic Republic on dissent. The 420-1 vote marked the latest round of international condemnation against the Iranian authorities, whose clampdown on more than four months of widespread protests has killed hundreds of people. “The murderous …

Iran-HRM – Shoaib Mir Baluchzehi Rigi is an 18-year-old Baluch citizen from Zahedan. He was arrested during the nationwide protests, on October 5, 2022, and since the Iranian Judiciary sentenced him to Moharebeh (War on God) he is at risk of execution. Shoaib Mir Baluchzehi Rigi, son of Sharif, was born on February 7, 2004, and is a third-year high …

Al-Arabia – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called on the Iranian government to provide answers about the death and burial of British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari who was executed by Iran earlier this month. “The regime is prolonging the suffering of the family and it is sadly typical of that disregard for basic human dignity,” Sunak told parliament. “Iran must …

RFL/RE – An Iranian archer who lost sight in her left eye after being shot by security forces has said she has “no regrets” about joining nationwide protests. Iranian authorities have cracked down on more than four months of anti-regime protests sparked by the September 16 death in custody of Mahsa Amini, arrested for allegedly violating strict dress rules for …

RFL/RE – Iran’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Mohammad Ghobadloo against his death sentence on a charge of “corruption on Earth,” raising fears among his legal team that he may be executed in the near future. Mahdakht Damghanpour, Ghobadloo’s lawyer, said in a post on Twitter that the court accepted the appeal of his conviction on the charge of murder, but on …

Iranwire – Iranian judicial officials have sentenced a pregnant woman in her early-20s to death, and her execution is imminent, IranWire understands. Shahla Abdi, an ethic Kurd from the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, was arrested in Urmia in mid-October at the peak of nationwide protests triggered by the September death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police. …

Iranwire – An Iranian court has sentenced a Baha’i citizen to five years in prison for his faith, amid an intensified crackdown on the members of the country’s persecuted religious minority. Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court also banned Sepehr Ziyaei from leaving the country for two years after completing his prison sentence and confiscated the mobile phones and …

Iranwire – An Iranian musician and composer has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison and dozens of lashes on charges including “insulting” Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, amid an intensified clampdown on anti-government protests. Erfan Khalilian, 23, was arrested in the central city of Isfahan in September and sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison by …

Iranwire – The European Union’s foreign policy chief has said the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and its subsidiaries cannot be included on the bloc’s terrorist list until an EU court has determined that the Iranian elite force is a terrorist entity. Speaking before a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers in Brussels on January 23, Josep Borrell said that …

Iranwire – Iranian professional soccer player Voria Ghafouri has been sacked from his team after criticizing the Islamic Republic’s bloody response to ongoing nationwide protests. The head coach of Fooald FC in the southern city of Ahvaz announced that Ghafouri had no place in the team, Iranian media reported. Iranian authorities arrested Ghafouri, a member of Iran’s Kurdish minority, in …