Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Seven prisoners, most of whom were on death row for murder, were executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison on 1st November. IHRNGO previously reported the execution of two other men including an Afghan national at the prison that day. With two months still remaining in 2023, the number of recorded annual executions has surpassed 600 for the …

Al-Monitor — A popular central Tehran park was prepared for loyalists of the Islamic Republic to watch a live broadcast of the speech on Friday by Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement.   The giant screen was one of many media and public relations gestures in anticipation of the “game-changing” speech. Iran’s state television had predicted that Nasrallah’s remarks would …

iranintl – An investigation in The Times of London has revealed more than six UK-based groups with ties to the Iranian regime and active in pro-Hamas rallies. It comes amid rising fears that the Iranian regime’s influence on UK soil is deepening, as seen in the weekly pro-Palestine / pro-Hamas protests which have been shown to be fuelled by Tehran-linked …

iranintl – Amid Iran’s unequivocal support for its proxy Hamas, the regime has pushed Iranian Jews to cut ties with Israel-based friends and relatives. Sources told Iran International Wednesday that an unknown number of members of the community were forced to block their relatives’ phone numbers in Israel and some have left family and group chats on messaging apps, including WhatsApp. …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities are exerting intense pressure on the family of Kian Pirfalak, a nine-year-old boy who was killed during nationwide protests last year, ahead of the one-year anniversary of his death. Kian and several other people lost their lives when government forces indiscriminately fired live ammunition on people during protests in the southwestern city of Izeh on November 16, 2022. …

Iranwire – A dissident Iranian composer who has been jailed three times for his music has won the United Nations’ second annual International Art Contest for Minority Artists.  The honor was presented to Mehdi Rajabian in absentia on November 2 because he is unable to leave Iran. “This is an important award,” Rajabian said in a statement, adding, “Happiness is …

Iranwire – A group of UN experts has expressed “shock” over the death of Armita Geravand, a 16-year-old Iranian girl who was hospitalized after collapsing on a subway in Tehran last month following an altercation about failing to wear a headscarf. In a statement on November 2, the eight experts called for an “independent, prompt and impartial” investigation into Armita’s …

Iranwire – The daughter of Jamshid Sharmahd, a German-Iranian man sentenced to death in Iran, says his health condition has deteriorated to a point where he can hardly speak or take a few steps. Gazelle Sharmahd made the comments on the social media platform X on November 2, after the inmate was allowed to make a rare phone call to …

VOA – A fire broke out at a drug rehabilitation center in northern Iran on Friday, killing at least 27 people, state media reported. Seventeen others were injured and taken to hospitals in Langroud city, about 200 kilometers northwest of the capital, Tehran, state TV said. It said the fire started at the private rehabilitation center early Friday morning, and …

VOA – Thai officials held direct talks with Hamas in Iran last week over the fate of 22 of the kingdom’s nationals taken hostage by the Palestinian militant group in its attack on Israel, the head of the Thai delegation said. Negotiators met Hamas officials in Tehran on Oct. 26 and were given a pledge that the Thais would be …