Introduction iran-hrm.com – Recent reports from Tehran’s Evin Prison indicate a severe escalation in the deterioration of Fatemeh Ziaei Azad’s health—a veteran political prisoner who has spent nearly four decades between arrest, interrogation, and imprisonment. At 68 years old, she is being held in conditions that directly contradict medical orders and legal exemptions previously granted due to her critical health …

iranintl.com – Iran and Turkey have agreed to start building a new joint rail line that will serve as a strategic trade corridor between Asia and Europe, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday. The Marand–Cheshmeh Soraya transit line, which will run toward Turkey’s Aralik border region, will span about 200 kilometres and cost roughly $1.6 billion. Iranian authorities say …

iranintl.com – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy said it had seized an Eswatini-flagged vessel in the Persian Gulf carrying about 350,000 liters of smuggled gasoil, according to state-linked media. Heydar Honarian-Mojarrad, commander of the IRGC Navy’s Second Naval Zone, said the ship was detained under a judicial order and escorted to the coast of Bushehr for offloading, adding …

iranintl.com – Former Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said Iran remains in a fragile security limbo months after the 12-day war in June, warning that the country cannot restore stability or economic confidence without rebuilding deterrence and addressing persistent public insecurity. Rouhani told former ministers and senior officials that Iran had entered a prolonged period of strategic uncertainty following the 12-day …

iranintl.com – Iran’s diesel contains sulfur levels up to 15,000 parts per million (PPM), far above the global standard of 10 PPM, a senior industry representative said, warning that poor-quality fuel is contributing to severe air pollution in major cities. Hamid Hosseini, spokesperson for the Union of Petroleum Products Exporters, told Didban Iran on Sunday that even Afghanistan does not permit …

iranintl.com – The US dollar surged to 1,160,000 rials in Iran’s unofficial market on Saturday, adding to inflationary pressures and deepening worries about the country’s worsening economic outlook. The US dollar, which traded at about 140,000 rials in 2018, has risen roughly eight-fold since Donald Trump restored US sanctions on Iran seven years ago. The current dollar rate of 1.16 …

iranhr.net – According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was hanged in Ardabil Central Prison on 23 November 2025. His identity has been established as 23-year-old Alireza Fourhandeh from Pars Abad. He was arrested around four years ago and sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder. An informed source told IHRNGO: “Alireza was arrested for the murder of …

iran-hrm.com – Recent reports from the women’s ward of Evin Prison indicate that new restrictive measures and intensified security pressure have been imposed on female political prisoners in recent weeks. The complete termination of basic food rations, the shutdown of the ward’s kitchen, sharp increases in the price of essential goods, and the reduction of visits from once every two …

iranintl.com – Iran added the floating base Kordestan and the destroyer Sahand to its navy on Saturday, the army said, in a move it described as a boost to its maritime power and technical self-reliance. Sahand, a Moudge-class frigate built in Iran, joined the navy in 2018 and is equipped with cruise missiles and stealth technology designed to evade radar …

iranintl.com – Iran held large-scale state funerals this week for unidentified soldiers from the 1980s war with Iraq, nearly six months after its 12-day clash with Israel, and amid deepening public distrust fueled by ongoing security, economic, and environmental crises. For years, ceremonies known as the “burial of anonymous martyrs” have served as a tool for mobilizing Islamic Republic loyalists …