Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Davoud Jalali, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug-related charges and an unidentified woman on death row for murder, were executed in Isfahan Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a Baluch man and a woman were executed in Isfahan Central Prison (Dastgerd) on 21 October. The Baluch man’s identity has …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – At least one man has been executed for drug-related charges in Karaj Penitentiary. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, at least one man was executed in Karaj Penitentiary (Central Prison) on 22 October. His identity has been established as Khosro Naghiani who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court. …

CHRI – The sentencing of two women journalists in Iran, Niloufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, who have been detained in Iran for over a year, to long prison sentences for reporting on the death in state custody of Mahsa Jina Amini, underscores the use of the judiciary in Iran as nothing more than a tool of the state’s repressive apparatus, …

iranintl – Leaders of Iran’s ultra-hardliner Paydari (Steadfastness) Party have been conspicuously silent about the war in Gaza despite being vocal about domestic issues. The secretary general of the party, Sadegh Mahsouli, and the chairman of the party’s central council, Morteza Aghatehrani, have not made any public comments about the war raging in the Middle East. Considering that they are …

iranintl – Despite close political relations with China, Iran has been largely left out of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative and other regional investments, amid US sanctions. China is connected to Southeast and South Asia, Central Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Africa, and Europe through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a massive global infrastructural project. With the purpose of strengthening …

iranintl – While Iran continues to deny its involvement, Liam Fox, the former UK defense secretary, has accused Iran of orchestrating its proxy Hamas’s war on Israel. “If the fingers on the trigger were Hamas’s, the strings were being pulled from Tehran,” he said, calling for the UK to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) which controls Iran’s many …

iranintl – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned that Iran-backed militant groups may escalate their activities against American forces in the Middle East. Houthis in Yemen and Hezbollah in Lebanon, both propped up by the regime in Iran have already launched limited attacks against Israel. “There’s a likelihood of escalation by Iranian proxies against our forces,” Blinken cautioned in …

Iranwire – The former gardener of renowned Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife, Vahideh Mohammadifar, an accomplished screenwriter, has been named by the Alborz chief justice as a suspect in the couple’s brutal murder. Mehrjui and his wife were knifed to death on October 14 in their home. Iran’s Mizan news agency has meanwhile released a video reconstructing the murder scene. …

Iranwire – The initial verdict for detained journalists Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi was announced yesterday October 22, which also happens to be Niloofar’s birthday.  Both journalists had previously been detained for covering the death of Mahsa Amini and its aftermath. Niloofar Hamedi had shared a photograph depicting the grief of Mahsa Amini’s family, featuring her parents, while Elahe Mohammadi …

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s Ministry of Intelligence apprehended 11 members of the Baha’i religious minority in central Isfahan, 10 women and one man, on Monday, October 23, and moved them to an undisclosed location.  Reports shared online, including by Radio Farda, suggest that Yeganeh Agahi, Negin Khademi, Arezo Sobhanian, Yeganeh Roohbakhsh, Shana Shoghifar, Mojgan Shahrezaei, Neda Badakhsh, Bahareh Lotfi, …