Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – State media have reported the execution of an unnamed 18-year-old man for murder in Sabzevar. According to the judiciary’s Mizan news agency, a young man was executed in Sabzevar on 24 November. The exact location of the unnamed man’s execution has not been specified. He was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder. The defendant was accused of …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – : Rasoul Gorgij and Shahmorad Davoudi, two Baluch men on death row for drug-related charges, were executed in Mashhad Central Prison. According to Haal Vsh, two Baluch men were executed in Mashhad Central Prison (Vakil Abad) on 23 November. Their identities have been reported as 34-year-old Rasoul Gorgij (photo) and 44-year-old Shahmorad Davoudi, both Zahedan …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said on Thursday that Israel had failed to achieve its objectives in the war with Hamas, and said that a deal to temporarily pause fighting represented a victory for the Palestinians. “The Zionist regime has not been able to achieve its goals; they wanted to neutralize the resistance, but they could not,” Raisi said, referring to …

iranintl – Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has been implicated in allegations of violating Iran sanctions and terrorism funding by the US Treasury. In a historic move described as “the new era in crypto crackdown,” the US Department of Justice, Treasury, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have imposed a record $4.4 billion fine on Binance on allegations that it enabled the laundering …

Iranwire – The recent arrest in Brazil of two people suspected of being linked to a scheme involving the recruitment of Brazilian citizens by Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, to orchestrate attacks against members of the country’s Jewish community once again raised the alarms over the Lebanese terrorist group’s presence in Latin America. On November 8, the Federal Police of Brazil …

Iranwire – Afagh Rahimian, the wife of Rahim Rahimian, a Baha’i executed in 1983, and mother to Keyvan and Kamran, passed away this week in Iran.  Rahimian’s life was marked by the repeated persecution of members of her family, from her husband Rahim to her two sons, Keyvan and Kamran, and who as a result faced profound challenges and sacrifices …

Iranwire – Civil activists and ordinary people in Iran continue to denounce the increased presence of “women in chadors and men with cameras in hand” in Tehran metro stations and other public spaces, including busy squares, parks and university campuses, as the authorities vowed determination in enforcing the mandatory hijab rules. Protests have gained traction on social media, prompting some government …

Iranwire – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission investigating rights violations in Iran to probe the use of excessive force by security forces on protesters, particularly in areas with large ethnic and religious minorities such as the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan. “Security forces fired “birdshot” shotgun pellets, rubber bullets, and tear gas …

Iranwire – Armita Pavir, a 29-year-old Iranian activist imprisoned in the northwestern city of Tabriz, says she has been on a hunger strike for 10 days, and holds the Islamic Republic accountable for any harm that may befall her.  In an audio file received by IranWire, Pavir says launched her hunger strike on November 12, the second since her arrest …

Iranwire – Fareed Houshmand, an Iranian Baha’i who has been a refugee in Türkiye for the past seven years, faces a precarious situation as his asylum application has been rejected by a Turkish court. He is at risk of imminent deportation back to Iran. In recent months, Houshmand was detained by Turkish authorities and faces deportation due to Turkish immigration …