iranintl – Canada’s food safety watchdog has temporarily banned imports of pistachios and pistachio products from Iran after more than 100 confirmed salmonella cases and several recalls linked to contaminated shipments. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said the move was “a precautionary measure to protect Canadians from the risk of Salmonella infection.” Importers must now prove shipments do not originate from …

iranintl – Israel is on heightened alert after the United Nations reinstated sanctions on Iran under the snapback mechanism, amid fears in Jerusalem that Tehran could accelerate its nuclear activities, Ynet reported on Sunday. Israeli security officials told the outlet that Iran’s leadership appeared increasingly anxious following the move, raising the risk of “miscalculation” that could spark further confrontation. The …

iranintl – Iran will enter a war with the United States if Israel launches a new attack on the Islamic Republic, a senior Iranian official and former chief commander of the Revolutionary Guard said on Sunday. “The Zionists (Israel) are seeking to try their luck against Iran once again,” Major General Mohsen Rezaei told the state TV. “However, events will …

iranintl – A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader said Tehran should consider joining a new Saudi-Pakistani defense pact while vowing to strengthen its offensive military power after the recent 12-day war with Israel and the United States. Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi told state television on Saturday night that the agreement between Riyadh and Islamabad was positive and proposed …

Iranwire – Comprehensive United Nations sanctions against Iran were automatically reinstated at midnight on Sunday, returning the Islamic Republic to its pre-2015 status. The restoration of six UN resolutions ends 10 years of sanctions relief that Iran received under the 2015 nuclear agreement. It also places the Islamic Republic back under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, which authorizes the …

Iranwire – Four political prisoners have warned that a fellow inmate’s health has reached a critical stage on the 25th day of his hunger strike, including three days without water. Hossein Ronaghi has entered his third day without water and is suffering from severe physical deterioration and kidney bleeding, prisoners Zortosht Ahmadi Ragheb, Ahmadreza Haeri, Hamzeh Savari, and Saeed Masoori …

Iranwire – Iran executed a citizen on Monday on charges of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. The judiciary-affiliated Mizan news agency identified the man as Bahman Choobi Asl, describing him as a database specialist with broad access to government information through sensitive national projects. Mizan claimed Choobi Asl had met with Mossad agents during foreign trips in recent years …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The groups and their patrons in Tehran do not care if Palestinians in the West Bank are killed and displaced as a result of their terrorism. Iran’s mullahs and their Palestinian proxies have only one thing in mind: murdering Jews and eliminating Israel. Those Western countries [France, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, among others]… have chosen to …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – More than 500 death row drug defendants are awaiting the gallows in just four halls of a single unit (Unit 2, Halls 14, 15, 16 and 17) at Ghezelhesar Prison. These prisoners’ death sentences are all at the implementation stage. Iran Human Rights has learned that the judiciary has issued an order for the expedited …

Iran-HRM – September 28, the International Day for Universal Access to Information, was first recognized by UNESCO in 2015 and later by the UN General Assembly in 2019. This day emphasizes access to information as an inseparable part of freedom of expression and a foundation for an informed society. In stark contrast, the ruling regime in Iran systematically deprives its …