Iranwire – Amid rising tensions between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the European and U.S. governments, officials in Tehran have threatened to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Tehran issued similar threats in the past, but this time the Iranian parliament entered the field, with an MP saying that the legislature was preparing a resolution to block transit through …

Iranwire – The British government has sanctioned more Iranian individuals and entities over the Islamic Republic’s “brutal repression” of Iran’s people, including a crackdown on anti-government protests and the recent execution of a British-Iranian dual national. “Those sanctioned today, from the judicial figures using the death penalty for political ends to the thugs beating protestors on the streets, are at …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Kamel Doudkanlu and Seyed Farhad Hosseini, sentenced to death for drug-related and murder charges, were executed in Salman Prison, West Azerbaijan province. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Salman Prison on January 19. Their identities have been established as Kamel Doudkanlu and Seyed Farhad Hosseini. Informed sources told …

Iran-HRM – Ebrahim Narouei is a 25-year-old Baluch citizen from Zahedan and was born on July 16, 1988. He was arrested by Iran’s plainclothes forces during nationwide protests on October 3, 2022, in Zahedan and sentenced to death by the Iranian judiciary on the charge of Moharebeh (War on God). Ebrahim Narouei, son of Gol Khan and a resident of …

Al-Monitor – The United States and Israel are set to kick off the largest combined exercise ever held between the two nations’ militaries on Monday as the Biden administration’s attempts to negotiate a return to the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement have faltered and Tehran has turned to Russia to shore up its own defense capabilities. Four nuclear-capable US B-52 bombers, F-35 stealth fighters, …

AL-Arabia – A US-Iranian dual national imprisoned in Tehran ended a seven-day hunger strike on Monday, saying he had lost 10 pounds but felt strengthened in his resolve to fight for the release of US prisoners. Siamak Namazi, who has been detained since October 2015, said his strike marked the seventh anniversary of Washington’s decision to exclude him from a …

Iranwire – Iranian protesters took to the streets of Tehran and other cities across the country overnight, shouting slogans against the Islamic Republic, despite a ferocious crackdown on dissent that has killed hundreds of people. Footage shared on social media shows hundreds of residents of the capital’s Ekbatan neighborhood chanting slogans such as “Death to the dictator” and “Death to …

Iranwire – The European Union’s 27 foreign ministers have agreed on a new package of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran for its “brutal and disproportionate” crackdown on anti-government protests. “Ministers adopted a new package of sanctions against Iran, targeting those driving the repression,” the Swedish EU presidency said in a tweet on January 23, adding that the bloc “strongly condemns …

Iranwire – Thirty Iranian women incarcerated in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison have urged the Islamic Republic to stop jailing and executing protesters, amid an ongoing brutal crackdown on anti-government demonstrations. “We, the political and ideological prisoners in the women’s ward of Evin Prison, demand an end to the execution of protesters and an end to unjust sentences of prisoners in …

Iranwire – The European Union’s foreign policy chief says 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. “It is something that cannot be decided without a court, a court decision first. You cannot say, ‘I consider …