iranintl – Alireza Sepahi, sentenced to death over Iran’s January uprising, faces execution again after being moved to solitary confinement, weeks after a medical emergency halted his first scheduled execution, an informed source told Iran International on Thursday. Sepahi, who was arrested over the January protests in Isfahan and is among the defendants in the case known as the Alikhani …

iranintl – A rights group has asked German prosecutors to investigate crimes against humanity by Iranian authorities, presenting evidence of thousands of killings and mass detentions during nationwide protests that began in late 2025 and early 2026. Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA), supported by legal group UpRights, submitted the request to Germany’s Federal Prosecutor General on August 31, according …

iranintl – Sexual transmission accounted for about 65% of newly identified HIV cases in Iran last year, replacing injecting drug use as the main route of new infections as diagnoses among women increased, a leading HIV researcher said on Thursday. More than half of all people diagnosed with HIV historically have a record of injecting drug use, but harm-reduction programs …

Iranwire – The organization “Human Rights for Sport” has expressed grave concern regarding the situation of Taraneh Rahimi, an Iranian equestrian athlete and coach sentenced to death, in an open letter addressed to the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) and the Asian Equestrian Federation. The letter highlights Rahimi’s arrest in January, the death sentence handed down by the Revolutionary …

Iranwire – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the European Union has joined “Operation Economic Isolation” in support of Washington’s campaign to escalate economic pressure on the Islamic Republic, aimed at cutting Tehran off from financial resources and the international banking network. Writing on the social media platform X on Thursday, Bessent stated: “The European Union has officially joined …

Iranwire – Saman Qaderi, a resident of Urmia detained in connection with the January protests, has been sentenced to a total of 14 years in prison by the Tehran Revolutionary Court. According to a report by the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari, sentenced Qaderi to 11 …

Iranwire – The Vice President of the United States stated on Thursday, September 3, that the United States is investigating an airstrike that Islamic Republic officials claim targeted a wedding ceremony in the port town of Kohistak. JD Vance noted, however, that he is personally “skeptical” about the likelihood of US involvement in causing the incident. Speaking to reporters during …

Iranwire – With two strands of her auburn-dyed hair tucked behind her ears, wearing a boat-neck blue dress patterned with burgundy flowers, she sits beneath the shade of a tree holding a burgundy leather handbag. It looks as if she is searching for something inside, perhaps an eyeliner, a lipstick, or a scrap of paper on which to write: “Long …

RFL/RE – A UN fact-finding mission has called on Iran to immediately withdraw a draft bill that could criminalize or restrict interactions between Iranians and foreign individuals and organizations. Known as the Countering Foreign Influence bill, UN experts say the draft law is meant to regulate interactions between Iranians and foreign actors. The UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Iran called …

RFL/RE – An Iranian man who left the country after being injured during the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests has been sentenced to death after returning to Iran from Germany, his friends and rights groups say. Ali Zarei, who is being held at Qezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, was sentenced to death by a Tehran Revolutionary Court for “corruption on …