Iranwire – The Iranian government has announced that it will soon implement a controversial project proposed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to sell unused or low-productivity public assets, with the stated goal of generating wealth. Considering the ingrained level of corruption within the Islamic Republic, this project to sell “surplus” properties potentially worth billions of dollars to the private sector has been …

Iranwire – Ten Nobel Prize laureates and hundreds of other personalities across the world have joined their voices to urge “unstinting” support for Iranians who are protesting against the Islamic Republic in defiance of a bloody crackdown. “Their victory would mean deliverance from a regime that denies free elections, free speech, due process of law, and personal autonomy in matters …

Iranwire – Azerbaijan’s security forces have arrested 39 people suspected of being part of an Iranian spy network that carried out “acts of sabotage” and used religion to push pro-Iranian propaganda, local media reported. The government APA news agency reported on February 1 that the suspects were arrested as a result of an operation conducted by the Interior Ministry. The …

VOA – Iran’s atomic energy organization on Wednesday dismissed a report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog that said Iran had made an undeclared change to uranium enriching equipment at its Fordow plant. The International Atomic Energy Agency said its inspectors found a modification to an interconnection between two clusters of centrifuges that was substantially different than what Iran had …

VOA – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has vowed that WhatsApp and Instagram will remain blocked in the country, blaming the online platforms for stoking protests that started more than four months ago. The Islamic republic was rocked by major demonstrations after the mid-September death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, after her arrest for allegedly breaching the country’s dress …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – An unnamed man who was sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison. According to Rokna, at least one man was executed in Rajai Shahr (Gohardasht) Prison on February 1. The unnamed man was sentenced to three qisas sentences for the murder of three people in an orchard in Varamin in 2020. Those charged with …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Ali Alaverdi and Farhang Zakayi, sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder, were executed in Shiraz Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Shiraz Central Prison on January 31. Their identities have been established as Ali Alaverdi and Farhang Zakayi who were sentenced to qisas for murder. An informed source told Iran …

HRW – Iran’s Branch 1 revolutionary court of the city of Sari in Mazandaran province has sentenced at least three people to death on protest-related charges. The December 13 summary trial of 31-year-old Javad Rouhi, arrested on September 22 in Noshahr, Mazandaran province, lasted only 45 minutes. The court sentenced him to death three times on charges of “waging war …

CHRI – Women who have devoted their lives to aiding underprivileged and at-risk youth in Iran have come under increasing attack by the Iranian government in its violent campaign aimed at crushing the country’s women and youth-led movement for social and political change. “Islamic Republic authorities are deeply threatened by any independent organization or individual that provides support and hope …

Shabtabnews – In IRFSummit2023 Roya Johnson, a former prisoner and torture victim, delivered a powerful testimony. Roya Johnson, a former prisoner and torture victim, delivers her powerful testimony at #IRFSummit2023: "I stand here today as a witness to the Iranian regime's abuse." She calls on us to hasten the work of bending the arc of the moral universe towards justice, …