Iranwire – Three or four times a day, he must put drops of artificial tears, betamethasone and chloramphenicol, an antibiotic, in his eye to prevent further infection and to treat pain, burning and itching. Farzad Moradinia was a worker and a labor activist in Sanandaj, the provincial capital of Iranian Kurdistan, who has been repeatedly arrested and imprisoned for his activities. He …

VOA – The health of a 16-year-old Iranian girl who has been in coma since an alleged assault on the Tehran Metro has “deteriorated” at the hospital, local media reported Wednesday. According to the state news agency IRNA, Armita Garavand fainted because of low blood pressure. But a Kurdish-focused rights group has alleged that she was hurt in a clash …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The indifference has reached a point where some Western media outlets and officials continue to label Hamas terrorists as “militants.” The October 7 carnage, during which Jewish women, children and the elderly were brutally murdered, shows that there is effectively no difference between Hamas and the Islamic State (ISIS). In 2017, Western media outlets published stories arguing that …

CHRI – Business owners in Iran are facing severe consequences, including loss of livelihoods and restricted access to vital services such as banking, due to their support for the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement. Testimony shared with the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) reveal the hardships these entrepreneurs, including women business owners, endure. “Since many businesses and shops closed …

iranintl – The wording of a joint statement of world leaders condemning Hamas’s war against Israel, has mysteriously removed mention of Iran. According to copies of documents obtained by Iran International, in the first drafts of the press release from the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the US, it had clearly sent a message to Iran …

iranintl – The US considers Iran ‘at least complicit’ in Hamas attack on Israel, the State Department said Tuesday, after insisting it had no evidence of Tehran’s direct involvement. Spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters the Biden administration is now trying to establish if the regime in Iran or elements within the system contributed to the planning of the attack by …

RFL/RE – Students at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran have protested after authorities at the school imposed gender segregation in university libraries. The Sharif Today Telegram channel, which covers events at the university, reported on October 9 that “the Faculty of Energy separated study halls by [gender], which led to student protests,” without specifying when exactly the measure was imposed …

Iranwire – Nazila Maroofian, an Iranian journalist who was arrested four times in the past year, left for France after receiving death threats. “I was forced to leave my homeland. I wanted to seek refuge in a country that upholds human rights, where I can share my experiences and those of people like me and my colleagues,” Maroofian said in …

Iranwire – During the initial hours of the Hamas terrorist group’s unprecedented and violent assault on Israel, the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran openly expressed their full support for the attack. They went so far as to offer congratulations, with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Twitter account reiterating that the “destruction of Israel” was imminent. Is the Islamic Republic …

Iranwire – The lawyer of Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned Iranian activist who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, says he was prevented from meeting with his client because she refused to wear a head covering. “Today, I went to [Terhran’s] Evin prison to meet with Mrs. Narges Mohammadi,” Mustafa Nili wrote on the social media platform X.  “After waiting for a while …