Iranwire – More than 2,200 people sought medical help for respiratory, cardiac and ocular issues caused by a dust storm in the north of the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan. According to a September 24 statement from the Crisis Management Office of Sistan and Baluchistan Governorate, as many as 2,278 individuals sought medical assistance in hospitals and other healthcare …

Iranwire – Authorities in Iran shut down a dental scientific conference in the northeastern city of Mashhad last week because female participants were not wearing mandatory head coverings. In a video shared on social media, a conference organizer can be seen apologizing to the attendees and asking them to vacate the venue. Journalist Hedieh Kimiaee reported that police officers forcefully …

Iranwire – Iranian intelligence agents have “physically and mentally tortured” the Friday Prayer leader of Rask, in the southwestern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, his son has said. Molavi Fathi Mohammad Naqshbandi, known for his support of last year’s nationwide anti-government protests, was arrested on August 20 and accused of “dissemination of false information through speeches, defamation against the Islamic …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have arrested 28 people linked to the Islamic State group for plotting to target Tehran during the anniversary of last year’s protests, the intelligence ministry said on Sunday. The protests erupted after the death in custody on September 16, 2022, of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd arrested for allegedly flouting the Islamic republic’s strict dress …

VOA — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said in a U.S. television interview on Sunday that U.S.-sponsored efforts to normalize Israeli relations with Gulf Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, “will see no success.” In an interview with CNN, Raisi also said Iran had not said it does not want nuclear inspectors from the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog in the country. Raisi has …

iranintl – Israeli Ambassador to the UN, told Iran International, “It’s unacceptable that… they treat a mass murderer, the Butcher of Tehran, President Raisi, with a red carpet.” Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Gilad Erdan said, “he cannot be so respected here while he’s oppressing, executing, murdering his own people.” Ebrahim Raisi was …

Iran-HRM – On Wednesday, September 20, thirteen political prisoners, who had previously been transferred from Evin Prison to Qezelhessar Prison on September 3, were relocated to Unit 4 of Qezelhessar at the behest of the criminal Director-General of Tehran province prisons. This transfer, aimed at exerting increased pressure, torture, and harassment on the prisoners, occurred without prior notice, leaving the …

iranintl – Iran has received thousands of Achaemenid-era clay tablets from the United States in the latest such instalment after decades of efforts to repatriate the antiquities. Touted by the state media as “souvenirs of president’s US visit,” a total of 3,506 Achaemenid tablets were returned home by the plane carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, who addressed the 78th session of the …

RFL/RE – Iran’s decision to bar some UN nuclear inspectors suggests it is not interested in being a responsible actor when it comes to its atomic program, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on September 22. “We tried to work indirectly with Iran as well as with European partners and even Russia and China to see if we can …

Iranwire – Iranian security forces are reported to have escalated their actions against the families of protesters killed during widespread protests last year as the government continues to try and put a lid on unrest triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, the biggest challenge to the Islamic regime since the 1979 revolution. Social media posts from the affected families, …