iranintl – Reza Rasaei and Mojahed Kourkour, protesters sentenced to death, have been dispatched for execution. Azardokht Haqjouyan, Reza Rasaei’s mother, asserted her son’s innocence and pleaded for assistance to prevent the execution of his death sentence. She revealed that her son’s extensive 1,500-page case file had been reviewed within a week. Rasaei faces accusations of “murder” in connection with …

iranintl – Iranian women’s national soccer team player, and Emory University team member Melika Mohammadi, tragically died in a car accident last week, while visiting Iran. On Sunday, she was commemorated at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium before her repatriation to the United States for burial. Born in the southern Iranians city of Shiraz in 2000, Mohammadi died on December 24 at …

iranintl – After Iran International exposed the inner circle of Iran’s top military man in Syria, eliminated by Israel this week, it is believed they will be Israel’s next potential targets. Israeli network i24 News reported on Sunday that following the killing of senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard general Razi Mousavi in an Israeli airstrike, his close aides may be next on Israel’s hit list. …

iranintl – At the end of 2023, former high-ranking Israeli and American officials warned of the consequences of not countering Iran’s escalatory tactics in two Op-Eds. Naftali Bennett, former Israeli Prime Minister, and John Bolton, former US National Security Advisor and veteran diplomat, have both called for closer cooperation between US and Israel, and military strikes at the heart the Islamic …

RFL/RE – Iran’s judiciary announced on January 1 that five unidentified people had been executed after being convicted of multiple armed robberies “that rendered roads unsafe and spread fear among people.” The five were accused of stealing livestock in rural areas west of Tehran. Iran executes more people than any country except China. Activists say at least 31 people have …

VOA – Iran’s embassy in Spain said Sunday that it had released the last Spanish national detained in the country, a tourist who was arrested shortly after he entered the country in October 2022. Santiago Sanchez Cogedor was held as protests were roiling Iran after the death in custody of the young Iranian Mahsa Amini, arrested for allegedly violating laws …

gatestoneinstitute.org – At least four groups with links to Hamas are reportedly behind several of the marches: The Muslim Association of Britain (MAB), the Palestinian Forum for Britain, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and the Friends of al-Aqsa. “[M]embership of the Muslim Brotherhood remained (and still remains) a secret.” — UK government report, “Muslim Brotherhood Review: Main Findings,” December 17, 2015 …