VOA – Iranian delegates walked out of U.N. climate talks in the United Arab Emirates in protest Friday over the presence of Israeli representatives, state media reported. The Iranian side considered Israel’s presence at COP28 “as contrary to the goals and guidelines of the conference and, in protest, it left the conference venue,” said Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian, who …

VOA – At least 118 cross-border porters were killed or injured in November, the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reported this week, adding that more than 93% of them resulted from shootings by the armed forces of Iran. Hengaw said Thursday that eight porters were killed, one of them a child, and 110 were injured, 14 of them children. The …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The threat of a nuclear-armed Iran must not be underestimated. Iran’s regime has frequently threatened to wipe a whole country — Israel — off the map, and is also increasing military cooperation with Venezuela and Cuba to threaten the US. Europe, too, remains a rich target for nuclear blackmail. Iran would not even have to use its nuclear …

Iran-HRM – After four years since the bloody crackdown in November 2019, where an estimated 1,500 people were killed across Iran, the Iranian judiciary is secretly and silently executing its detained protesters one by one. None of the November 2019 protesters had been executed in these four years, but within a span of nine days, three of them have been …

CHRI – The surging executions of political prisoners in Iran are part of a state campaign deployed to crush dissent, and should be met with strong action by the international community, said the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). A child was among those hanged this week in Iran, in violation of the absolute prohibition against the execution of …

Al-Arabia – Iran warned of “severe consequences” as the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas resumed on Friday after a seven-day truce expired.Militants from the Iran-backed Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on October 7 in which Israeli officials say about 1,200 people were killed, mostly civilians, and around 240 were taken hostage.Israel, whose main ally is the United States, …

RFL/RE – Iran remained the leading state sponsor of global terrorism last year, involved in backing terrorist recruitment, financing, and plotting across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, the U.S. State Department said in its 2022 Country Reports On Terrorism released on December 1. In the Middle East, Iran continued to back Hizballah, designated a terrorist group by Washington in …

iranintl – The government decision to increase the price of liquid gas (LPG) cylinders from $1.2 a cylinder to $8 this week has hit Iran’s poor as winter takes hold. The decision has hit hardest the poor southern provinces which do not have access to LPG at home. Ordinary workers barely make $150 a month and can’t afford to pay …

iranintl – The Belgian police are beefing up security measures to protect Darya Safai, an Iranian-born member of parliament, following death threats she received on social media. In an interview with Iran International, Safai said that the death threats against her have increased following the Israel-Hamas conflict. “I should be careful and report any suspicious events around me” to the …

Iranwire – At least 118 transborder porters, or kolbars, were killed or wounded in western Iran in November, representing a nearly three-fold increase compared to the previous month, a human rights group says.  The Kurdish organization Hengaw reported that over the past month, eight kolbars died, including one under the age of 18, and 110 others sustained injuries, including 14 …