VOA – A group of human rights organizations warned Tuesday about executions in Iran and said the situation demands an “urgent and united response from the international community.” Impact Iran and 11 member organizations issued a joint statement condemning “the chilling surge in executions by the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past few months, including the recent wave of …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Three unidentified men have been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions in Shiraz Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, three men were transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions on 5 June. Their identities have not been established at the time of writing. Two of the …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mokhtar Sadeghi and Houshang Amirzadeh have been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions in Qazvin Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were transferred to solitary confinement on June 6, in preparation for their imminent executions. Their identities have been established as Mokhtar Sadeghi and Houshang Amirzadeh. …

Al-Monitor -The Biden administration unveiled new economic sanctions on Tuesday targeting companies and individuals in China and Iran for facilitating procurements for Tehran’s ballistic missile program. The US Treasury Department designated six entities and seven individuals in Iran, Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China in the latest attempt at deploying economic weapons to clamp down on Tehran’s conventional arms program. …

i24news – A new unit of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been revealed. According to Israel’s public broadcaster Kan, Unit 700 is headed by Gal Farsat, a former Al-Quds Force official with extensive connections to senior officials in Iran, Syria and Lebanon. Unit 700 was reported to be in charge of smuggling supplies and logistics for the Al-Quds …

RFL/RE – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on June 5 reiterated the U.S. administration’s firm stance that Iran is Israel’s top threat and will never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. “If Iran rejects the path of diplomacy, then, as President [Joe] Biden has repeatedly made clear, all options are on the table to ensure that Iran does …

RFL/RE – Eight independent labor organizations in Iran have called for the expulsion of the country from the International Labor Organization (ILO) and its session in Switzerland that starts on June 5. The organizations, including the Organizing Council of Oil Contract Workers’ Protests and the Iran Retirees Council, urged representative delegations from countries around the world to kick Iran out of the …

Iranwire – Basir Ebrahimpour, a mechanical engineering student at Tehran’s Amir Kabir University, died after suffering a heart attack on the university campus on May 31. According to the Telegram channel of the university students, the university’s emergency services were immediately informed about the incident, but no immediate action was taken, and it took 45 minutes for an ambulance from …

Iranwire – Iranian officials have presented what they described as the Islamic Republic’s first domestically produced hypersonic ballistic missile, capable of traveling at 15 times the speed of sound, amid heightened Western concerns about Tehran’s missile capabilities and nuclear program. Iranian state media published pictures of the missile named Fattah, or “Conqueror” in Persian, at a ceremony on June 6 …

Iranwire – Iranian security institutions have prevented acclaimed actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, who has expressed solidarity with the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protest movement, from traveling to Austria to participate in a multidisciplinary art festival in Vienna. “Unfortunately, the scheduled performances of The Child have had to be cancelled as the leading actress, Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, has been denied permission to leave Iran,” …