Al-Monitor – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani said on Tuesday that his country “reserves the right to legal pursuit” against the United States for hosting the Persian-language TV news network Iran International.  “We do strongly advise the US government to be aware of the consequences under international law in hosting a terrorist, violence-promoting, pseudo media outlet,” Kanani declared in comments …

RFL/RE – An Iranian foundation has praised the man who attacked novelist Salman Rushdie last year, leaving him severely injured, and said it will reward him with 1,000 square meters of agricultural land, state TV reported on February 21 through its Telegram channel. Rushdie, 75, lost an eye and the use of one hand following the assault by a 24-year-old …

RFL/RE – Iranian authorities say they have arrested a police officer over the killing of a Kurdish youth in a rare move against security forces who have been leading a brutal crackdown against anti-government protesters. The first official reports on February 18 said Mokhtar Fathi was killed by direct fire from police in the city of Saghez, the hometown of Mahsa Amini, …

Iranwire – On February 15, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) presented its Press Freedom Award to Iranian journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who have been imprisoned for publishing reports about the death and the funeral of Mahsa Amini. Shahram Rafizadeh, an Iranian journalist, received the award from Canadian writer and poet Margaret Atwood on behalf of her two …

Iranwire – A court in Iran has sentenced to death an Iranian-German national who has spent more than 1,000 days in solitary confinement. Jamshid Sharmahd, who also has U.S. residency, was convicted of the charge of “corruption on Earth by planning and directing terrorist acts,” the public relations department of the judiciary of Tehran province said on February 21. It …

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 – Iranian political prisoner Mohammad Abolhasani has gone on a hunger strike to protest his “inhumane conditions of detention,” IranWire has learned. On February 20, murder suspects were moved to the political prisoners’ ward of Qazvin’s Chubin prison, in northwestern Iran, where they threatened to kill Abolhasani, according to an informed source. The source quoted one prisoner as telling …

Iranwire – Hundreds of Iranians have taken to the streets of Brussels to voice support for nationwide protests in Iran and urge the European Union to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. The February 20 demonstration comes as EU foreign ministers are set to discuss new sanctions on the Islamic Republic over its bloody crackdown …

VOA – The British government summoned Iran’s most senior diplomat in London on Monday to protest what it said were serious threats against journalists living in Britain, as ministers launched a new security review into Iranian activities. On Saturday, a London-based television station critical of the Iranian government said it was moving its live broadcasting studios to the United States …

CHRI — A joint letter by 39 women’s and Iranian human rights organizations calls on EU countries to summon their ambassadors in unison on International Women’s Day, March 8, and demand the Islamic Republic: Stop detaining and committing violence against women who are calling for basic rights and freedoms in Iran.End the physical and sexual violence against women detainees and protesters.Cease all executions of …