Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) –  After spending 14 years on death row, Kurdish-Sunni political prisoner, Davoud Abdollahi was executed for charges of moharebeh (enmity against god) and efsad-fil-arz (corruption on earth) in Ghezelhesar Prison. Iran Human Rights condemns the rampant executions, which have intensified in recent months, and calls for immediate international attention to this issue. Director, Mahmoud Amiry-Moghaddam said: “Davoud Abdollahi had been sentenced …

RFL/RE – Dawood Abdullahi, a Kurdish prisoner of conscience, has been executed in Iran’s Qazalhasar prison, local media reports said, after spending more than 14 years in prison. The Ha-Ngao and Kurdpa news outlets reported on January 2 that Abdullahi was executed at the prison in Karaj and that his body has been handed over to family members. News of the execution …

iranintl – A leader of Iran’s Reform Front, an umbrella organization of reformist parties and groups says only 7 percent of Iranians approve of the country’s current situation. Mohsen Armin, the front’s vice chairman has quoted the results of an opinion poll conducted by ISPA of the government-owned Iranian Students New Agency (ISNA) and said 48 percent of Iranians support reforms …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with a senior Houthi official in Tehran on Monday, thanking the Yemeni group for its response to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, state media reported. In the meeting with Houthi spokesman and chief negotiator Mohammed Abdulsalam, Iran’s top diplomat thanked the Tehran-backed Houthis for their “strong and authoritative position in support of the oppressed …

iranintl – Iran officially became a member of the China-led BRICS economic organization on Monday, as it seeks to overcome the impact of US sanctions and overcome it isolation. In its policy of finding shelter under Chinese and Russian-dominated international organizations, Iran achieved full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in July 2022 and concurrently pursued entry into the BRICS group. Following …

iranintl – A former official in Iran’s Covid Taskforce says the country’s Covid deaths were nearly twice the figures authorities reported for the first two years of the pandemic. Speaking to the reformist Etemad newspaper, Ali-Akbar Haghdoust, head of the Covid Taskforce’s epidemiology committee, said estimates based on some studies, including a study by Ardabil Medical Sciences University published in …

iranintl – The suicide of six workers at a petrochemical plant in Iran in less than two years is viewed by a prominent economist as an extreme form of protest. Hossein Raghfar, an economist at Tehran’s Al- Zahra University, known for his research on poverty in Iran, expressed this perspective in an interview with the Didban-e Iran news website after …

iranintl – A moderate conservative politician in Iran asserts that the concepts of reformism and conservatism have lost their meaning for the people, struggling for a living. Former lawmaker Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh told the press that both of the main political factions in Iran have fallen victim to their leaders’ opportunism. He charged that leaders of both factions have exploited their members with …

Iran-HRM – Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM) has made an effort in its annual report to provide an overview of the human rights situation in Iran. Given that the judiciary in Iran extensively employed executions as the most ruthless and inhumane form of punishment in 2023, a significant portion of the 2023 annual report focuses on executions. Another section …

AL-Arabia – Iran’s Alborz warship has entered the Red Sea after passing through the Bab al-Mandab strait, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday. Since 2009, Iranian warships have been operating in open waters to “secure shipping lines, fight against pirates and conduct other missions,” Tasnim said. This comes as Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have been targeting vessels in the Red …