Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – State media have reported the execution of an unnamed man for murder in Mashhad Central Prison. According to Etemad Online, a man was executed in Mashhad Central Prison (Vakil Abad) on 17 January. The 29-year-old man only identified as Ali. M was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder. The report states that he was accused of killing …

Al-Arabia – The US and the UK are exploring ways to step up their campaign against Houthi militants in Yemen without provoking a broader war, with a focus on targeting Iranian resupplies and launching more aggressive pre-emptive strikes, people familiar with the matter said. The proposals could mark an escalation in the allied effort to end the chaos in the Red Sea, which …

iranintl – Iran announced Saturday a ‘new record’ satellite launch as part of its space program that many fear could be a cover for the regime to expand it ballistic missile program. Official Iranian news agencies published images of a rocket blasting off, claiming that it carried and placed a homemade satellite to an orbit 750 kilometers above earth. The …

iranintl – A senior IRGC officer and the governor of Iran’s East Azarbaijan province died on Saturday due to what officials said was a “respiratory and pulmonary illness.” Zeinolabedin Khorram-Razavi, a former commander of the Revolutionary Guards, gained prominence when he and 47 others were abducted by opponents of the Syrian regime in July 2012 during the early years of …

iranintl – Less than 45 days before Iran’s parliamentary elections, it appears that only a small segment of the reform camp is likely to take part in the restricted competition. The interior ministry and the Guardian Council that vet candidates, have disqualified almost all so-called reformist and moderate candidates, paving the way for ultraconservatives to win a majority. The left …

iranintl – Commanders from Iran’s IRGC and Lebanon’s Hezbollah are in Yemen helping to direct Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping, regional and Iranian sources told Reuters. Iran – which has armed, trained and funded the Houthis – stepped up its weapons supplies to the militia in the wake of the war in Gaza, which erupted after Iranian-backed Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, …

RFL/RE – As heightened tensions in the Middle East lead to concerns of a broader regional conflict, the United States has blamed Iran-backed militants for an attack on a U.S. military base in Iraq, while Iran accused Israel of killing members of the Iranian military in Syria in an incident Tehran says will not go unanswered. U.S. Central Command, or …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Tehran needed TV clips to show that its pawns in the region are moving — without, however, provoking a major Israeli or American retaliation. The fact that ISIS was able to launch a carnage operation in the middle of a solemn official memorial ceremony for Soleimani who “wiped ISIS off the face of the earth,” led to suspicions …

iranintl – A new unit has been established in the British police to deal with threats posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia and China ahead of the UK’s general election. Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes, the UK’s head of counter-terrorism policing, announced on Friday that the new unit will be dedicated to specialist investigations regarding the increasing security challenges …

iranintl – The United States hit more Houthi targets on Friday, one day after President Joe Biden admitted that the strikes weren’t effective in stopping the Iran-backed group. This has been the sixth US attack on Houthi military sites in Yemen in about a week, bidding to ‘degenerate’ their capability to attack vessels in the Red Sea, as Biden stated …