Iranwire – The family and friends of an Iranian lawyer who has been behind bars for more than three months are raising deep concerns over his health after he said he was suffering from internal bleeding in his kidney. In December 2022, security forces abducted Seyed Mohammad Amin Jafari Hosseini from his home in the central city of Shiraz, amid …

Al-Monitor — The Iranian government made nationwide arrests on Monday and Tuesday following more protests marking the Chaharshanbe Suri, the ancient festival of fire that falls on the eve of the last Wednesday of the year on the Persian calendar.   Videos posted by activists on social media showed litter bins on fire amid chants of “women, life, freedom” in the southern districts of …

RFL/RE – The U.S.-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has urged the international community to sanction Iran for sentencing Iranian-Swedish dissident Habib Chaab to death after “luring” him to Turkey and taking him to Iran. Chaab was tried and condemned for leading a “terrorist group” and organizing and carrying out “numerous bombings and terrorist operations” in southwestern Iran. …

Iranwire – Protesters took to the streets of multiple Iranian cities on the evening of March 13 to call for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic, ahead of Chaharshanbe Suri, the Persian festival of fire. Videos shared on social media show demonstrators in cities including Tehran, Sanandaj, Kamiyaran and Mashhad, chanting “Woman, life, freedom,” the main slogan of the nationwide …

Iranwire – The Iranian authorities are accusing the lawyer representing the family of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman whose death in September 2022 while in police custody has led to nationwide unrest, of spreading “propaganda against the regime,” activists say. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network, a France-based group that monitors the human rights situation in western Iran’s Kurdish region, said …

Iranwire – It has been almost six months since Iran’s nationwide protests began, triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, who died while in the custody of the country’s morality policy. IranWire has in that time identified more than 50 protesters who have suffered serious injuries to their eyes – and in many cases, blinded – because of the violent tactics …

Iranwire – Tehran’s police commander has warned that officers will be out in force this week to arrest residents who are disturbing public order, as activists called for three days of protests coinciding with the Persian festival of fire. Abbas Ali Mohammadian, commander of the Greater Tehran Police Force, said that officers in uniform and plainclothes will be deployed across …

Iranwire – Schoolgirls in at least two western Iranian cities were reportedly taken to medical centers for treatment on March 13, amid a wave of poisonings that have affected thousands of pupils across the country over more than three months. The Telegram channel of the group Bazaar Civil Protests released a video purportedly showing anxious residents of Kurdistan province’s city …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Iran and China are on the move again. Last Friday, to the apparent surprise of the Biden Administration, China asserted its influence in the Middle East by entering the vacuum created by US President Joe Biden, and brokering a deal between Iran and its threatened neighbor, Saudi Arabia, which Biden had vowed to make a “pariah,” and “end …

Amensty – Iranian authorities have been subjecting activist Ebrahim Babaei to enforced disappearance for 15 months, amid grave concerns of torture and other ill-treatment. Despite mounting evidence indicating that he is in state custody, authorities continually refuse to acknowledge his detention or reveal his fate and whereabouts to his family. He was forcibly disappeared in December 2021 during an attempt …