RFL/RE – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in China on February 14 for a three-day visit, flanked by a large delegation that includes his central bank chief and ministers for trade, the economy, and oil. Raisi will hold talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in the capital Beijing, with the pair expected to sign a number of “cooperation documents,” …

Iranwire – As IranWire has reported, hundreds of Iranians have sustained severe eye injuries after being hit by pellets, tear gas cannisters, paintball bullets or other projectiles used by security forces amid a bloody crackdown on mainly peaceful demonstrations. Doctors say that, as of now, at least 580 protesters have lost one or both eyes in Tehran and in Kurdistan alone. …

Iranwire – The National Library of Iran has suspended the membership of several women for declining to wear hijab, library members said Monday, amid a brutal and ongoing crackdown by the Islamic Republic on nationwide protests demanding more freedoms and respect for women’s rights. Several National Library members protested the suspensions and, in their statement, called it an escalation of “gender …

Iranwire – Danial Aghili, 19, was writing graffiti in support of women’s protests in Tehran on October 11 when armed forces tackled him to the ground, put a knife in his pocket and took pictures of him with Molotov cocktails that would be used as evidence in his trial. Aghili was moved to a detention center of the Islamic Revolutionary …

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic of Iran has used boats and a state-owned aircraft to smuggle advanced long-range drones to Russia, the Guardian reported on February 12. At least 18 of the higher-flying drones were delivered to Moscow for use in its war on Ukraine after Russian officers and technicians visited Tehran in November, the British newspaper quoted sources inside …

VOA – Australian security agencies say they have shut down a foreign interference plot by Iran. The conspiracy allegedly included individuals conducting surveillance of the home of an Iranian-Australian, who was linked to Australian protests about the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran last year. Australia Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil revealed the alleged conspiracy in a speech Tuesday at …

VOA – Britain says it has for the first time presented evidence that Iran is supplying advanced weapons to the Houthi rebels in Yemen, after finding images of tests conducted at the headquarters of the Revolutionary Guards in Tehran on the hard drive of an unmanned aircraft seized by the Royal Navy. Personnel from the British ship HMS Montrose seized …

Iranwire – As IranWire has reported, hundreds of Iranians have sustained severe eye injuries after being hit by pellets, tear gas cannisters, paintball bullets or other projectiles used by security forces amid a bloody crackdown on mainly peaceful demonstrations. Doctors say that, as of now, at least 580 protesters have lost one or both eyes in Tehran and in Kurdistan alone. …

Iranwire – Several Iranian cities were once again the scene of overnight protests, as the Islamic Republic ended commemorations marking the 44th anniversary of the revolution that brought Iran’s clerical rulers to power. Defying an ongoing brutal crackdown by security forces on almost five months of nationwide protests, angry demonstrators took to the streets in Tehran, Gilan, Amol, Bojnord and …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have released award-winning filmmaker Mohammad Rasulof after he spent more than six months in prison. Security forces arrested Rasulof in July last year after he criticized the government’s crackdown on protests over a deadly building collapse in the southwestern city of Abadan. There has been no official comment on the terms of the filmmaker’s release, but …