VOA – The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Monday he was concerned the international community was losing interest in holding Iran to account over its advancing nuclear program. The comments follow an easing of tensions between Iran and the United States, who announced a prisoner swap last month. Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) …

Iran-HRM – Human Rights Council Hears Global Update by the High Commissioner for Human Rights in 54th session Accountability for Ms. Amini’s death, and for violations in the context of subsequent protests, has been inadequate. Use of the death penalty has risen sharply, notably against the Baloch and others from minority communities. The Human Rights Council opened its fifty-fourth regular session …

Al-Monitor — Of the individuals Iran is seeking in an exchange with the United States, four were charged with sanctions violations and a fifth with acting as an unregistered foreign agent of Iran, according to a list of names provided by the country’s mission to the United Nations.  The individuals are Mehrdad Moein Ansari, Kambiz Attar Kashani, Reza Sarhangpour Kafrani, Amin Hasanzadeh …

iranintl – A former Iranian diplomat says the 2015 nuclear deal is now “a forgotten issue,” and “it is not clear whether Iran and the United States will return to that deal.” Jalal Sadatian speaking to Fararu website in Tehran, explained that “nonetheless, from a legal point of view, the contents of the 2015 nuclear deal, also called the Joint Comprehensive …

Iranwire – Prominent human rights activist and political prisoner Narges Mohammadi was verbally abused and beaten by a staff member of Tehran’s Evin prison, witnesses told IranWire.  The incident occurred on September 11 as Mohammadi was visiting the prison’s hospital.  A prison officer called Mohammadi “insane” in front of several other officials and beat her after she responded to the …

Iranwire – The Iranian security forces have arrested the head of the city football board in Saqqez, IranWire has learned. Shirko Hejazi, who is also a prominent civil activist in the western Kurdish city, was apprehended at his home on September 11.  His whereabouts and the motive for his arrest are unknown. The Iranian authorities, fearing a flare up in …

Iranwire – An international union federation of teachers has urged the Iranian authorities to immediately grant medical leave to Jafar Ebrahimi and Esmail Abdi, two prominent teacher union activists said to be in a critical health situation while incarcerated in the Islamic Republic. Ebrahimi and Abdi “have not violated any national or international laws,” the general secretary of Brussels-based Education …

Iranwire – For Ashura, the holiest day on the Shia calendar, worshipers traditionally gather for large demonstrations of high-scale mourning to mark the death of Hossein ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, during the seventh-century Battle of Karbala, in today’s Iraq. Arbaeen marks the end of the 40-day mourning period, with worshipers taking part in various rituals, including …

Iranwire – Political prisoner Hamzeh Sarwari has described Ghezelhesar prison in Karaj, near Tehran, as a “horrific slaughterhouse” where a humanitarian “catastrophe” should be expected. “The only viable solution is to promptly shutter this prison and relocate the inmates to a more appropriate detention facility,” Sarwari wrote in a letter published by the activist HRANA news agency. Sarwari, who was …

Iranwire – The health of Bahareh Hedayat, an Iranian political prisoner who has been on a hunger strike for 11 days, has deteriorated significantly, her lawyer says.  The human rights activist is “grappling with severe weakness and heart palpitations” after losing eight kilograms, Zahra Minoui said on X, formerly Twitter. The lawyer added that Hedayat required the assistance from a …