Iranwire – Tensions are on the rise between Iran and Saudi Arabia as Iranian state television reported the expulsion of six journalists from the kingdom. The Iranian crew members were reportedly released after being detained for nearly a week and barred from participating in the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage. This incident comes despite a year of tentative improvement in relations between …
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Iran Accounts for 74% of Global Executions in 2023: Amnesty
Iranwire – The Islamic Republic alone carried out 74 percent of all documented executions worldwide in 2023, Amnesty International reported. With 853 executions, a 48 percent increase from the previous year, Iran sits behind China as the world’s leading executioner. “In Iran, the authorities intensified their use of the death penalty to instil fear in the population and tighten their …
Read More »Iranian Border Forces Shoot Dead Young Kolbar
Iranwire – Border forces of the Islamic Republic shot dead a young kolbar in western Kurdistan amid an escalation of violence against the transborder porters. Direct fire from Iranian border forces killed a 19-year-old kolbar, identified as Sina Rasoolzadeh, while transporting goods across the border heights of Baneh city. According to a report by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, …
Read More »Jailed Iranian Man’s Health Declines After Torture
Iranwire – Concerns are mounting about the well-being of 20-year-old Khaled Mehmandoost, who was arrested by Iranian security forces in Mahabad over three months ago. According to an informed source speaking to IranWire, Mehmandoost is currently in Mahabad prison, and his mental and physical health are described as unstable. The source said that Mehmandoost spent 90 days in solitary confinement …
Read More »Iranian Court Sentences Journalist To 21 Years For ‘Propaganda Against Regime’
RFL/RE – The Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, western Iran, has sentenced journalist Zina Modares Gorji to a combined 21 years in prison for her advocacy of women’s rights. The Kurdish human rights portal Kurdpa reported that Judge Mohammad Karami, handed down a split verdict in the case, with Gorji receiving 10 years for “forming an illegal group aimed at overthrowing the …
Read More »YouTube Confirms Iranian Foreign Ministry Account Closed Over U.S. Sanctions
RFL/RE – Internet video platform YouTube has confirmed terminating an account run by Iran’s Foreign Ministry to comply with U.S. sanctions against the Islamic republic. “Google is committed to compliance with applicable sanctions and trade compliance laws, and enforces related policies under our Terms of Service,” YouTube spokesman Alzbeta Houzarova told RFE/RL in a written statement on May 28. “If …
Read More »US concerned over Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile
VOA – The U.S. State Department is concerned about Iran’s nuclear program following a confidential report Monday from the International Atomic Energy Agency that said Iran has amassed more highly enriched uranium. Iran has increased its quantity of enriched uranium that is near weapons-grade levels, the United Nations nuclear watchdog said in the report. The report, seen by The Associated …
Read More »Hamas Must Be Destroyed Before Any Peace Talks Take Place
gatestoneinstitute.org – Do Ireland, Norway and Spain not see how appeasing terrorists anywhere only emboldens the militants in Europe? Last month, in Germany, more than 1,000 demonstrators took to the streets demanding that Germany become a Caliphate with sharia law. Is [Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez] ready to grant the Catalans in Spain, who for years have been fighting for …
Read More »International Criminal Court Prosecutor Threatens United States Senators
gatestoneinstitute.org – Many critics thought the International Criminal Court had gone too far when its prosecutor asked for arrest warrants against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. But as the saying goes, “you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” Now, the prosecutor’s office has threatened to prosecute criticism of… himself. Those who seek to defend Israel and stop …
Read More »Global: Executions soar to highest number in almost a decade
Amnesty – Spike in executions in Iran leads to highest number of executions since 2015 Progress in the USA falters as number of executions rise China continues to execute thousands, while threatening the public that crime will result in the death penalty Lowest number of executing countries on record shows progress Executions soared to their highest number in almost a …
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