iranintl – As 2023 ends, a human rights group has documented numerous cases of violations, including those targeting religious and ethnic groups, women and labor activists. Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA) published its annual report for 2023 on December 28, in which diverse cases of human rights violations were detailed and categorized. Spanning January 1 to December 20, 2023, the publication …

iranintl – With Iran’s inflation rate soaring, a new report suggests that the price hikes in most provinces are higher than the average figure announced by the authorities.  Fararu website in Tehran reported on Friday that the point-to-point inflation rate in December once again surpassed the 40% mark after five months. The index indicates that Iranian households spent approximately 40% …

RFL/RE – The ministry alleges Miryousef Younesi was involved with the Mujahedin-e Khalq organization, accusing him of being part of a network supplying financial and logistical support to operational teams within Iran. However, the claims have been met with skepticism by rights supporters. Ali Younesi, along with Amirhossein Moradi, were arrested in April 2020 and held in detention until April …

VOA – A prominent Iranian diaspora journalist has spoken exclusively to VOA about her horrified and defiant reaction to learning last week that she was the target of an alleged Iranian assassination plot in London a year ago. Sima Sabet, a London-based former TV presenter for Persian news network Iran International who left the channel in August, was one of …

gatestoneinstitute.org – In addition to increasing the level of enriched uranium to near nuclear-weapons grade; helping to fund and plan a genocidal war against Israel; attacking US troops in Syria and Iraq with its militias more than 100 times in just the last two months to try to force the US out of the region, and incontinently bogus-trialing, torturing (even …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) –  Reza Eyvazi, a man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Kashan Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Kashan Prison on 28 December. His identity has been established as 30-year-old Reza Eyvazi from Najaf Abad. He was arrested two years ago and sentenced to death …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) –  Karim Aminikhah, a man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Bandarabbas Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Bandarabbas Central Prison on 28 December. His identity has been established as 65-year-old Karim Aminikhah from Boukan. He was arrested five years ago and sentenced to …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Vafa Hanareh, Aram Omari Bardiani, Rahman Parhazu and Nasim Namazi were executed for charges of “moharebeh (enmity against god) and efsad-fil-arz (corruption on earth) through collaborating with the Zionist regime to disrupt national security” in Urmia Central Prison. Iran Human Rights Director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said: “Today’s executions are the Islamic Republic’s hard revenge on the Iranian people. The …

Al-Arabia – The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Thursday retracted a statement made by an IRGC spokesperson regarding the motive behind Hamas’ October 7 attacks against Israel, following a rare spat between the Palestinian group and its primary backer. IRGC spokesman Ramezan Sharif had claimed on Wednesday that the October 7 attacks were “one of the acts of …

iranintl – Iran’s government has required all cell phone importers to obtain a formal letter of representation from foreign manufacturers, risking a market shortage. The latest move will force people to buy and use Chinese and Iranian cell phones, likely also to cause a monopoly for certain importers with strong lobbying power amidst Iran’s global sanctions, and in turn, raising prices. Peyvast, …