Iranwiire – The Islamic Republic’s authorities have arrested the mother of a 21-year-old Iranian man killed by security forces during last year’s anti-establishment protests. Farzaneh Barzekar, the mother of Erfan Rezaei, was arrested on September 3 after attending a memorial ceremony for Javad Rouhi, a protester who recently died in prison. Barzekar has been a vocal critic of the government since her son …

Iranwire – Mateen Naderkhani was a 20-year-old man who had two deep passions: football and music.  This guitar player and member of Gilan province’s Damash FC team was apprehended by security forces during the nationwide protests last September in Tehran.  Subsequently, he endured two months of interrogation in a security detention center. Following his release, which was contingent upon a …

Iraniwre – The judicial system of the Islamic Republic has sentenced journalist Nazila Maroofian to one year in prison for allegedly disseminating “propaganda against the system” and “collusion and gathering,” amid an intensifying crackdown on dissent and the media in the country. In his September 3 ruling, Judge Iman Afshari of Branch 26 of Tehran Revolutionary Court also imposed a …

Iranwire – Approximately 228,000 hectares of forests and rangelands have burned down in Iran between 2011 and 2021, an average of almost 21,000 hectares every year, according to Iran Open Data. Analysis of official data shows that fires destroyed a total of 103,000 hectares of forests and 125,000 hectares of rangelands during these 11 years, the collaborative initiative said in …

VOA – The first production co-directed by Iranian and Israeli filmmakers had to be shot in secret to prevent possible interference by Tehran, directors Zar Amir Ebrahimi and Guy Nattiv told Reuters Sunday. “Tatami,” a tense thriller centered on a world judo championship, got its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival at the weekend, receiving a standing ovation. The …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The Biden administration continues to ratchet up its appeasement policies with the ruling mullahs probably to revive the disastrous nuclear deal which would pave the way for the Islamist regime of Iran legally to have as many nuclear weapons as it likes; lift sanctions against the theocratic regime; strengthen the ruling mullahs with additional billions of dollars — …