iranintl – Iranian Peace Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi has urged a top UN human rights official to cancel her visit or meet with those on death row during her stay in Iran. Nada Al-Nashif, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, is scheduled to arrive in Tehran on February 3 to investigate executions and women’s rights violations. In a message …

iranintl – Iran’s Chief Justice has ordered prosecutors to take “decisive” action against those who are allegedly encouraging defiance of hijab rules in an “organized manner.” Gholamreza Mohseni-Ejei directed prosecutors this week to act in the name of the public and identify those “organized and foreign-affiliated elements” who oppose hijab rules. They are to be put on trial and punished …

iranintl – Amid international concerns about the proliferation of Iranian drones, the Islamic Republic is scaling up, including supplying Sudan and launching drone carriers. Maritime news website Splash247 reported this week that Iran is readying to launch its first drone carrier, the Shahid Bagheri, a converted boxship — previously called Sarvin — that has undergone modifications to accommodate a large …

RFL/RE – France, Germany, and Britain on January 26 condemned Iran’s launch of the Soraya satellite last week using the Ghaem-100 Space Launch Vehicle (SLV). The SLV uses technology essential for the development of a long-range ballistic missile system, which could also allow Tehran to launch longer-range weapons, the countries said in a joint statement. “We remain committed to taking …

Iranwire – Milad Mohammadi was holding a round-the-clock sit-in in Toronto this week to protest the killing of his brother and hundreds of other protesters in the state crackdown on the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, when two Iranian-Canadians assaulted journalists.  One of the reporters, Payman Khajeh Hasani, has vowed to file a complaint against the assailants.  Mohammadi believes that …

Iranwire – As Iran prepares for parliamentary polls, the country’s most prominent Sunni cleric has criticized the work of the Guardian Council, a hard-line constitutional body that supervises elections and vets candidates. Iranians will be called to polling stations on March 1 to choose between candidates running for seats in the 290-seat parliament and the 88-member Assembly of Experts, a …

gatestoneinstitute.org – In a noteworthy development, for the first time, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued a warning, signaling that Iran now holds a sufficient quantity of highly enriched uranium capable of producing multiple nuclear warheads. The regime has been actively supporting Hamas against Israel, providing assistance to Yemen’s Houthi terror group to attack ships in the Red …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Hossein Ali Shakourian and Naser Mavadat who were sentenced to death for drug-related charges, were executed in Sabzevar Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Sabzevar Prison on 22 January. Their identities have been established as 37-year-old Hossein Ali Shakourian and 51-year-old Naser Mavadat who were sentenced to …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Protester Mehdi Mousavian has begun a hunger strike in protest against his scheduled eye for an eye punishment. IHRNGO Director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam previously said: “Blinding as a form of punishment is a medieval practice that the Islamic Republic uses to intimidate society. The United Nations should not tolerate blinding as a form of punishment by …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Fazel Shafiei and Morteza Nadimi who were sentenced to death for drug-related charges and an unidentified man on death row for murder, were executed in Shiraz prisons. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Shiraz Central Prison (Adel Abad) on 24 January. Their identities have been established as 40-year-old …