CHRI – Iranian civil and political activists, forced to flee political persecution in the Islamic Republic, face expulsion from their refuge in Turkey and extradition back to Iran. Given the grave concerns for their fate, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) urges immediate international assistance to prevent their forcible return to a country marked by severe human rights …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – In a video interview, Yahya Ebrahimi, the Delfan MP said: “Around 1000 to 2000 young people are on death row for selling drugs in this county” and “are about to be executed.” Delfan’s population is around 144,000 people. Iran Human Rights considers such high number of death penalty cases in a city of that size …

iranintl – Iran’s Supreme National Security Council ordered newspapers Tuesday night to stop writing about the recent $3.7 billion corruption case that has rattled public opinion. Nonetheless, three Iranian newspapers ignored the censorship order and ran editorials on the biggest corruption case in several decades in their Wednesday issues. The case involved a tea company receiving billion of dollars from the government …

iranintl – The IRGC was plotting to assassinate two Iran International television anchors in London in 2022 amid Iranian anti-government protests, UK’s ITV has revealed. The plan was foiled because the man hired to do the job turned out to be a ‘double-agent’ working for a western intelligence agency. He would relay all information to his handler and has now …

iranintl – A German paper reported on Monday that a classified EU document states that IRGC can be sanctioned as a terrorist organization in Europe, despite assertions to the contrary by some politicians. German lawmaker Norbert Röttgen has accused his country’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, of lying to the international community that the IRGC cannot be outlawed in Europe. In …

iranintl – The jury of a UK court has returned a guilty verdict for a suspect gathering information on Iran International’s London headquarters for a possible terror attack. 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 …

RFL/RE – Yahya Ebrahimi, an Iranian lawmaker who represents the Delfan district of Lorestan Province, has alleged that up to 2,000 suspects are risking execution for drug-trafficking offenses in the small western Iranian district. In a video that went viral after he shared it on social media, Ebrahimi spoke about his visit to Delfan, which has a population of about …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have sentenced journalist Sara Masoumi to six months in prison and a two-year ban from practicing journalism for “publishing false information.”  The sentence was issued by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court on December 20, Masoumi’s legal representative, Ali Mojtahedzadeh, told the Shargh newspaper.  Mojtahedzadeh said that the accusations against his client included “publishing a tweet …

Iranwire -The lawyer for Pouriya Alipour, an Iranian protester who was badly injured during nationwide protests last year, announced the arrest of four police officers suspected in the case.  Payam Derafshan told Emtedad news website on December 19 that the arrests involved both low-ranking field officers and senior commanders. “The individuals identified and charged include the motorcycle driver who struck …

Iranwire – Earlier this month, IranWire released video footage depicting joint exercises that involved Iran’s Law Enforcement Force and troops of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The drills, which date back to 2016, aimed at enhancing coordination between units of the police and the most powerful paramilitary organization in Iran in cracking down on potential protests. https://www.youtube.com/embed/r8S65-oUh4M?wmode=opaque In an interview with …