Iranwire – A prominent Sunni cleric who serves as the Friday prayer leader of a mosque in Sanandaj was arrested on Monday following his appearance at the Special Clerical Court in Hamedan. Luqman Amini has since been transferred to an undisclosed location. The reasons for his latest arrest remain unclear. The Kurdish cleric was previously detained during the Woman, Life, …

Iranwire – An 18-year-old woman was killed by her father at her workplace in Islamshahr city of Tehran Province. Fatemeh Soltani had been working secretly at a women’s beauty salon, fearing her father’s reaction. Sources told IranWire that she had been living independently due to her father’s history of violence against her and her mother. The father found the address her workplace …

Iranwire – Two Baha’i women from Mashhad have been arrested and sent to Vakilabad Prison to serve eight-month sentences. Farideh Moradi and Golnoosh Nasiri were taken into custody on Sunday after being summoned to the Sentence Enforcement Unit of the Revolutionary Court in northeastern Mashhad. The women were initially sentenced in November 2023 by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO): April 22, 2025: Saeed Darikvand, a man on death row for murder, was executed in Khorramabad Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was hanged in Khorramabad Central Prison on 21 April 2025. His identity has been established as 29-year-old Saeed Darikvand from the Anarrou tribe in Mian Golal village in …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Iran state media reported the execution of Kurdish political prisoner Hamid Hosseinnejad Haydaranlu today. According to official reports, Behzad Sarkhanlu, deputy prosecutor of Urmia, informed Hamid’s family that he had been transferred from Urmia Central Prison to Tehran and executed. His execution was carried out secretly. Condemning Hamid Hosseinnejad Heydaranlu’s execution in the strongest terms, …

Iran-HRM – On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, the 65th week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign is being held, with a group of inmates from Behbahan Prison joining the protest movement. In this week’s statement, the prisoners, referring to the execution of Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heydaranlou and the issuance of a death sentence for Pejman Soltani, emphasized that “this scale of prisoner …

alarabiya – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law ratifying a strategic partnership treaty with Iran, Russian state news agency RIA reported on Monday. Putin inked the 20-year strategic partnership pact with his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, in January.

alarabiya – Iran accused Israel on Monday of seeking to “undermine” ongoing talks with the United States on its nuclear program, a key point of tension with the West. “A kind of coalition is forming… to undermine and disrupt the diplomatic process,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei told reporters, saying Israel was behind the effort. “Alongside it are a …

iranintl – Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah seek to re-establish a presence on Syrian territory through increased cooperation with local forces, Israel’s Alma research institute said in a new analysis. Alma, which focuses on threats to northern Israel, assessed that Iran and Hezbollah want to reactivate the original land corridor stretching from the Iraqi border in eastern Syria to the …

Iranwire – Iran’s Ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, said Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has sent a written message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, assuring him that Iran-U.S. nuclear talks would not weaken relations with Russia. According to Jalali, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi delivered the letter during an official visit to Moscow. The message aimed to reduce mutual suspicions as both …