Iranwire – An Iranian cleric who had been missing for three days was found dead in the Caspian Sea on May 5, local media reported.  Reports said that the body of Ebrahim Fazel was sent to a medical examiner to determine the cause of death.  Fazel was last seen on Kerfun Behnmir beach in the city of Joibar.  The prosecutor’s …

VOA – The head of Iran’s athletics federation resigned Sunday over a sporting event featuring women without the mandatory headscarf, state media reported, as the Islamic republic toughens enforcement of hijab rules. “Hashem Siami resigned from his post due to the controversies that arose from the endurance (running) race organized in Shiraz” in Iran’s south, the official news agency IRNA …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Six Arab political prisoners have been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions in Ahvaz Central Prison. Executions have spiked since the end of Ramadan, with at least 49 people executed in Iranian prisons. Iran Human Rights once again urges the international community to take urgent steps to stop the execution machine. According …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Davod Mahmoudyar and Behzad Hanifi, two men sentenced to death for drug-related charges, were executed in Urmia Central Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, two men were executed Urmia Central Prison on 5 May. Their identities have been established as Davod Mahmoudyar and Behzad Hanifi, both Urmia natives. They were sentenced to death for drug-related …

RFL/RE – Satellite images analyzed on May 7 by the Associated Press show two oil tankers recently seized by Iran off the coast of one of its key port cities on the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The photos from Planet Labs PBC showed the Advantage Sweet and the Niovi anchored just south of Bandar Abbas, near a naval base in …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Iranian workers… have launched a series of strikes and sit-ins to protest what they regard as “systemic exploitation.” By the time of this writing, over 100,000 workers were on strike in 122 businesses in 35 cities, relatively small numbers yet significant for two reasons: the protests seem to be spreading and the strikes begin to affect the nerve-centers …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Salahedin Majidi and Abdollah Khan Mohammadi, two men sentenced to death for drug-related charges, were executed in Salmas Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, two men were executed Salmas Prison on 6 May. Their identities have been established as Salahedin Majidi and Abdollah Khan Mohammadi. They were sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the …

Al-Monitor – As the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris approach, Iran’s female athletes are speaking out publicly about the inequities in their professional journey, at a time the world is paying attention to the general trend of discrimination against women in Iran.   After Iran women’s national soccer team defeated Myanmar in April to make its way to the second round of the 2024 Olympic …

thenationalnews – British-Iranian hunger striker Vahid Beheshti has “temporarily stopped” his protest outside London’s Foreign Office after being admitted to hospital. Mr Beheshti, who is campaigning to have Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps listed as a terrorists group, had gone 73 days with only water, coffee and sugar cubes.READ MOREKing Charles hosts anti-IRGC hunger striker Vahid Beheshti at Buckingham Palace His wife …

Al-Arabia – Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom condemned Saturday the execution of Swedish-Iranian dissident Habib Chaab, as the Iranian judiciary announced Chaab’s death sentence had been carried out after a conviction for “terrorism.” “The death penalty is an inhuman and irreversible punishment and Sweden, together with the rest of the EU, condemns its application in all circumstances,” Billstrom, whose country currently holds the …