iranintl – Iran recorded more than 20,000 road deaths in the past year, marking the highest toll in more than a decade, an official of the country’s forensics authority said on Thursday. The sharp rise, officials say, reverses ten years of gradual decline in traffic deaths and reflects the country’s worsening vehicle safety, outdated road networks, and weak enforcement of …

iranintl – Iran-backed Hezbollah is rebuilding its weapons and ranks, defying a cease-fire deal and risking renewed conflict with Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with Israeli and Arab intelligence. The intelligence shows Hezbollah is restocking rockets, antitank missiles and artillery through seaports and smuggling routes that still operate in parts of Syria, the people …

iranintl – The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran set up by the United Nations said on Thursday that human rights were increasingly under attack following a June war with Israel and the United States. There was “a serious deterioration of the human rights situation in Iran following Israeli airstrikes in June, succeeded by a domestic …

iranintl – Iran’s foreign minister on Thursday torched a decision by US President Donald Trump to resume nuclear weapons tests after 33 years, saying the move exposes American bullying and hypocrisy after US attacks on Iranian nuclear sites in June. “Having rebranded its “Department of Defense” as the “Department of War”, a nuclear-armed bully is resuming testing of atomic weapons,” …

iranintl – The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran said on Thursday that Israel likely violated international law in its military campaign in June while Tehran expanded repression after the conflict with hundreds of executions and new curbs on dissent. The report by Mai Sato, dated August 26 and presented to the UN General Assembly on Thursday, covered developments …

iranintl – The US State Department on Thursday told Iran International that now more than ever, citizens and dual nationals should avoid travel to Iran despite a new initiative by Tehran aiming to woo back émigrés. Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday said a new official website can allow Iranians abroad to return home risk-free by checking in advance whether they …

Iranwire – About 26 million Iranians, or 30 per cent of the population, live in absolute poverty, according to a researcher at Iran’s Parliamentary Research Center. Hadi Mousavi-Nik, a member of the center, said the figure exceeds the global average and reflects the failure of the Islamic Republic’s economic policies. He added that 4 million Iranians live in extreme poverty, …

Iranwire – An Iranian Arab political prisoner serving a life sentence in a notorious detention center entered his seventh day of a hunger strike on Thursday. Nazem Barihi is refusing even liquids as he protests the systematic exclusion of Arab inmates from government pardons. The 38-year-old began his strike on October 24 at Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz and has since been transferred …

Iranwire – Iranian actor Pejman Jamshidi left the country legally despite facing rape charges, sparking outrage among activists and journalists who have been banned from travel for far lesser offenses. The case has shown what critics call a clear double standard in Iran – where famous people walk free, while activists and journalists are banned from travel just for a tweet or …

RFL/RE – Chinese Missile Fuel Ingredient: Western intelligence reports say Iran has been importing large quantities of sodium perchlorate from China in 2025, including an initial 1,000-ton shipment early in the year and a larger wave totaling around 2,000 tons since late September. The substance is used as a precursor for solid missile propellant oxidizers like ammonium perchlorate. • Activist’s Death Sentence …