VOA – In a further attempt to rein in increasing numbers of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iranian authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalize unveiled women, the police announced on Saturday. After they have been identified, violators will receive “warning text messages as to the consequences”, police said in a statement. The …

VOA – A British Iranian man who has been on a hunger strike outside the British Foreign Ministry building in London for 44 days says he is ready to continue his protest for 100 days. Vahid Beheshti told Forbes that he is preparing to more than double the length of his strike, despite not knowing “how long my physical body can cooperate …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Haroddin Shokri, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder during a group fight, has been executed in Qom Central Prison (Langroud). According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Qom Central Prison on April 4. His identity has been established as 37-year-old Haroddin Shokri who was sentenced to qisas for murder. An informed …

Al-Monitor – CIA Director Bill Burns made an unannounced trip to Saudi Arabia this week where he reportedly aired Washington’s frustrations over Riyadh’s opening to Iran and Syria through mediation brokered by US rivals China and Russia.  Speaking on condition of anonymity, a US official confirmed the trip to Al-Monitor. “Director Burns traveled to Saudi Arabia where he met with intelligence counterparts and …

forbes – British-Iranian man who has been on hunger strike outside the Foreign Office in London for 43 days has said he is prepared to continue his protest for 100 days. Vahid Beheshti, who has lost more than 13kg of weight since starting his protest in late February, is demanding the government add the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp to the …

Iranwire – An Iranian court has ordered the execution of a man accused of killing seven people during nationwide protests last year, the judiciary said Friday. Abbas Kurkuri was accused of using a military weapon to fatally shoot seven people in Izeh, in Khuzestan province, in November, and charged with the capital crimes of “moharebeh,” or “war against God” and …

Iranwire – More than 20,000 girls under the age of 15 got married in Iran during the nine-month period ending in January, according to official data. The Iranian Statistics Center said in a report released on April 7 that as many as 1,085 underage girls became mothers, while 551 cases of divorce were recorded. The UN special rapporteur on human …

Iranwire – IranWire has received an audio file of Faezeh Hashemi, a political activist and daughter of late President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, in which she speaks about the conditions in Tehran’s Evin Prison, her cellmates, forced hijab, the issue of referendums and the opposition to the Islamic government. This audio file was recorded on April 3 when Hashemi was about …

Iranwire – At the time when I was born, the veil was not yet compulsory in Iran. However, I was raised in a religious and traditional family that observed hijab even before the 1979 revolution. Until my teenage years, I never saw a woman without a headscarf, except during women’s meetings or gatherings with the immediate family. I thought the …

Iranwire – The sister of a French-Irish national who has been incarcerated in Iran for half a year is calling for his immediate release, saying he is in “poor” physical condition and risks losing his vision. Bernard Phélan sends text messages to his family every week, but his sister Caroline told IranWire that they are often difficult to decipher. “Bernard …