Iran Human Rights (IHNRGO) – Taher Davabi was executed for murder charges in Khorramabad Central Prison. Two drug death row inmates have also been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Khorramabad Central Prison in Lorestan province on 18 December. His identity has been established …

Iran Human Rights (IHNRGO) – A drug death row inmate named Mohammad Saleh Amini was executed in Taybad Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Taybad Prison in Khorasan Razavi province on 21 December. His identity has been established as 35-year-old Mohammad Saleh Amini who was a chicken farm worker prior to arrest. …

iranintl – The Central Criminal Court of England sentenced a man arrested for gathering information on Iran International’s London headquarters to 3.5 years behind bars. Originally from Chechnya but residing in Austria, Magomed-Husejn Dovtaev (Mohammad-Hussein Dovtaev) was detained at Chiswick Business Park by officers from London’s Metropolitan Police Counter-Terrorism Command in February. He was charged with a single count of …

iranintl – Mashallah Karami, the father of slain protester Mohammad Mehdi Karami, has been indicted for alleged crimes against national security, along with eight other political prisoners. According to the indictments in court proceedings on Wednesday, they were accused of five crimes including “forming groups to undermine national security,” “insulting the supreme leader” and “propaganda against the Islamic Republic.” Information …

iranintl – Iranian-American activists say the Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee is refusing to advance a bill that codifies sanctions against Iran’s leaders. The bipartisan Mahsa Amini Human rights and Security Accountability Act (MAHSA Act) passed the House of Representatives with overwhelming majority in September 2023, but has not yet been moved forward for a vote in the Senate. …

iranintl – Authorities in Iran have resorted to marking the pre-Islamic Winter Solstice festival to placate the people angered by economic crisis and corruption scandals. Iranian media reported in November that the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution (SCCR) had renamed certain events on the official calendar including the pre-Islamic winter Festival of Yalda, which millions of Iranians celebrate on the …

iranintl – A member of the Energy Committee of the Iranian Parliament claimed that the cyber attack on Iran’s fuel supply system was carried out “from inside.” Parviz Mohammadnezhad Ghazimahalleh said on Thursday that the the attack which cut off 70% of the country’s petrol stations was a “physical” one. “They entered the system via a USB or a program from inside,” he added …

iranintl – As Iran’s domestic carmakers lose money due to sanctions, a technological gap and mismanagement, officials are promising to boost the electrical vehicle production. As Iran’s domestic carmakers lose money due to sanctions, a technological gap and mismanagement, officials are promising to boost the electrical vehicle production. The only avenue open to Iran is to make deals with Chinese …

RFL/RE – Ali Akbar Velayati, the senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has apparently criticized Russia’s position on the long-standing dispute over Iran’s sovereignty of three strategic islands in the Persian Gulf. Velayati, a former foreign minister of Iran and now a key international affairs adviser, expressed regret over the Russian Foreign Ministry’s stance, suggesting it undermines Moscow’s credibility …

CHRI – On December 20, Iranian authorities executed Samira Sabzian, 32, who was detained in Gharchak prison in Tehran province. Sabzian, the mother of two, was convicted in 2016 of murdering her husband. According to Iran Human Rights, an Oslo-based human rights organization, Sabzian was a 15-year-old girl when she was married to her husband, and suffered domestic violence. She was only 19 at …