Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Vahid Kakavand and Fathollah Rashnu, two men sentenced to death for drug-related charges, were executed in Khorramabad Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Khorramabad Central Prison in Lorestan province on 19 October. Their identities have been established as Vahid Kakavand and Fathollah Rashnu who were sentenced …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO)- A man only identified as Khodabakhsh was executed for rape charges in Zahedan Central Prison. According to Hal Vash, at least one Baluch man was executed in Zahedan Central Prison on 18 October. His identity has been reported as Khodabkhash (surname unknown), who was around 27 and sentenced to death for rape charges. An informed source …

CHRI – A prominent and blind disability rights lawyer from Saqqez, the hometown of Mahsa Jina Amini, whose killing in Iranian state custody sparked months of anti-state protests, has gone missing after being unlawfully detained by Iranian state security forces, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. “This is another example of the intensifying practice in the …

Al-Monitor – The day after Hamas launched its surprise attack against Israel on Oct. 7, where scores of Israelis were killed and abducted by the Islamic militants in the south of the country, the Israeli government ordered the Tamar gas field shut down. The field is Israel’s second largest, holding some 10 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and is owned by Chevron, Dor Gas …

Al-Arabia – US President Joe Biden’s administration has been secretly urging Israel not to launch a military campaign against Lebanese Iran-backed militia Hezbollah in an effort to ensure the Israeli conflict with Palestinian militant group Hamas does not spready beyond Gaza, the Times of Israel reported on Thursday. “The US recognizes that Israel must respond to the increased targeting of its northern border by Hezbollah since the …

iranintl – Leading Senate Republicans have expressed concern over Biden’s pick for ambassador to Israel because of his role in negotiating the Iran nuclear deal in 2015. Jack Lew was Treasury Secretary during the Obama administration, when $400 million in cash was delivered to the Iranian regime on the day of the implementation of the deal.  “He was an ATM to the …

iranintl – Attendees at the funeral of Dariush Mehrjui and his wife, who are suspected victims of a state-sponsored crime, chanted anti-government slogans in Tehran on Wednesday. “Death to Khamenei”, and “Death to the perpetrator of this crime!”, chanted participants. Videos posted on social media also show many women not wearing the compulsory hijab and people chanting “Woman, Life, Freedom”, …

Iranwire – The EU parliament has awarded its prestigious Sakharov Prize to Mahsa Amini and the Women, Life, Freedom protest movement in Iran that was sparked by the death of the 22-year-old. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced the 2023 laureate on October 19, saying that the chamber “proudly stands with the brave and defiant who continue to fight for equality, dignity …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities say they have arrested the “primary murderer” of renowned Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife, Vahideh Mohammadifar, semi-official media reported.  The 83-year-old Mehrjui and Mohammadifar were stabbed to death over the weekend in their home in Karaj, near Tehran. Mehrjui is known as cofounder of Iran’s film new wave in the 1970s that mainly …

Iranwire – Amnesty International has called on Iranian authorities to immediately release Johan Floderus, a Swedish diplomat working for the European Union who has been “arbitrarily” detained in Iran for a year and a half. Floderus was arrested while visiting Iran in April 2022 “amidst indications the Iranian authorities are holding him hostage…to compel Swedish authorities to swap him for a …