iranintl – Former presidential candidate and cleric Mehdi Karroubi is set to be released from house arrest after 14 years, his son said on Monday. Karroubi was detained for protesting the results of the 2009 election. “Security officers met my father and said his arrest would be lifted today on orders of the head of the judiciary,” Karroubi’s son Hossein …

iranintl – Veteran nuclear negotiator and top reformist Javad Zarif remains at his senior post despite resigning, a spokesperson said, signaling that the beleaguered president is loath to lose him. Government Spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said on Sunday that Zarif’s resignation, announced amid controversy over his children’s US citizenship, has not been officially accepted, emphasizing that his appointment has not been …

iranintl – Iran will respond privately to a letter received from US President Donald Trump and has no plans to make public its contents, the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said on Monday. “We currently do not intend to release the contents of Trump’s message to the media,” said Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei during a press conference on Monday. Last week, an Emirati …

iranintl – Iran’s Supreme Labor Council approved a 45% increase in the minimum wage, setting the new base salary at 104.4 million rials ($110) per month, but the decision has drawn criticism from lawmakers and labor representatives who argue that it fails to match rising living costs. Despite the wage hike, workers’ representatives had demanded at least a 70% increase …

iranintl – An Iranian illegal immigrant in the UK, found to support Islamic State (ISIS) and pose a real and serious danger to the British public, will not face deportation for fear he will be tortured back in Iran, an investigation by The Telegraph has revealed. The 32-year-old Sunni Muslim, released from the detention center in June after judges ruled …

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic intensified its persecution of Baha’i citizens over the past Persian year, with women facing particularly harsh treatment. Official data reveals that 246 Baha’is – 142 women and 104 men – were subjected to government actions ranging from imprisonment to workplace closures between March 2024 and March 2025. The number of Baha’i prisoners increased from 24 …

RFL/RE – Iran has escalated its crackdown on female singers in an effort to silence them. In past weeks, several women have been detained or summoned by authorities, while their Instagram pages have been shut down. Since the 1979 revolution, women in Iran have been banned from singing solo in public. But despite the restrictions, many female artists have turned …

Amnesty – Iranian authorities have escalated their crackdown on women’s rights defenders, journalists, singers and other activists demanding equality or who defy compulsory veiling using arbitrary detention, unjust prosecution, flogging, and even the death penalty in a bid to quash Iran’s women’s rights movement, Amnesty International said today. Since International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March, the Iranian authorities have …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); March 17, 2025: Mehdi Faraji, a man on death row for murder, was executed in Urmia Central Prison. Two women including his wife, and a man were previously reported to have been executed at the prison that day. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was hanged in Urmia Central Prison on 16 …

iranintl.com – The Trump administration wants Iran to abandon all aspects of its nuclear program, the US national security advisor said on Sunday, warning that all options are on the table should Tehran refuse. “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. All options are on the table to ensure it does not have one,” Michael Waltz told ABC News on Sunday. …