Iranwire – A coalition of lawyers, representatives from the French parliament, artists, and women’s rights activists have called for the release of 12 detained women’s rights activists in Iran. A letter, which was sent to the Iranian embassy in France on August 22, states that the activists were arrested in the northern province of Gilan.  The activists were arrested on …

Iranwire – The corridors of power within the Islamic Republic are ablaze with a series of sex scandals – seemingly more with each passing day.  Fresh revelations spotlighting the moral and sexual transgressions of high-ranking officials within the system continue to threaten or even topple yet another leader or pillar of Iran’s ruling Islamic system. The latest jolt came on …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Rasoul Narouyi, a Baluch man sentenced to death for murder, was executed in Kahnuj Prison. According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Kahnuj Prison on 21 August. His identity has been reported as 29-year-old Rasoul Narouyi who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder. He was arrested around four years ago. He was transferred …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Saeed Rigi, a Baluch man, and Abdolghafour Toumaj, a Turkmen minority, were executed for drug-related charges in Kerman Central Prison. According to Hal Vash, two men were executed in Kerman Central Prison on 21 August. Their identities have been reported as 40-year-old Saeed Rigi, a Baluch man from Zahedan and Abdolghafour Toumaj, a Turkmen man …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Abdolsamad Khadem, Yaghoub Ejbari, Mohammad Anwar Barahouyi and Mr Ghanbarzehi, four Baluch men sentenced to death for drug-related charges, were executed in Zahedan Central Prison. According to Hal Vash, at least four Baluch men were executed in Zahedan Central Prison on 21 August. Their identities have been reported as 29-year-old Abdolsamad Khadem from Zahak, Yaghoub …

CHRI – The recent detention of at least 22 activists in Iran in less than a month, the majority of them women, signals the onset of intensified state repression in anticipation of the approaching anniversary of Iran’s “Woman Life Freedom” protest movement, said the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “Iranian authorities are rounding up activists around the country, …

Al-Arabia – An Iranian military delegation has arrived in Moscow to discuss cooperation between Iranian and Russian ground forces, state news agency TASS reported on Monday, citing Russia’s Defense Ministry. Russia and Iran, both under Western economic sanctions, have forged closer relations in military and other areas since Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine. The West has …

Al-Arabia – The process of releasing US prisoners held in Iran will take up to two months, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday during a press conference. “A specific time frame has been announced by relevant authorities, and it will take a maximum of two months for this process to take place,” Kanaani said. Earlier this month, Tehran and …

iranintl.com – Faezeh Hashemi, the jailed daughter of a former president has written from prison that Iranians have long moved past the reformists and reject the Islamic Republic. In a letter from prison addressed to a top reformist politician, Hossein Marashi, she criticized him for urging the people to vote in the upcoming March parliamentary elections. “Our weapon is our …

RFL/RE – Iranian assets that had been frozen in South Korea were transferred to Switzerland’s central bank last week for exchange and transfer to Iran, South Korean media reported on August 21. The Swiss National Bank plans to exchange its $6 billion holdings in won for dollars and then euros in the currency market, Yonhap Infomax reported. Iran and the …