The Takeaway: Two tracks lead to Tehran: one through Vienna, another through Baghdad
Al-monitor - Hot take on Vienna … and the other Iran talks: Rouhani notes 60-70% progress in Vienna. Let’s start in Vienna, where…
EXCLUSIVE: U.N. Elects Iran to Commission on Women’s Rights
unwatch.org - UN Watch is calling on U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and EU states to condemn the UN’s election of Iran to a 4-year term…
Iran opposition refugees in Turkey face execution amid Ankara-Tehran collusion
Al-Arabia - Turkish authorities have continued with plans to help Iran silence critics seeking refuge in the country, with assassinations, arrests,…
USCIRF Reiterates its Call to Urgently Increase the Refugee Ceiling
Shabtabnews– The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) joins in the calls on President Joseph R. Biden to immediately…
Calculating The Economic Cost of Iran’s Nuclear Experiment
Iranwire - On Tuesday the third round of talks on reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ended in…
Fears Growing for Five Protesters on Death Row
Iranwire - Five people were arrested and sentenced to death over protests that broke out in Khomeini Shahr, Isfahan province,…
Political prisoner remains in limbo amid Coronavirus threat
Iran-HRM- Jailed dissident Majid Khademi has been in limbo for 15 months in Behbahan Prison in Khuzestan Province. He has…
US, EU Should Seek Release of Dual-National Hostages in Tandem with Nuclear Talks
CHRI —The situation of dual-nationals and foreign persons taken hostage and imprisoned by the Iranian government has not only remained…
Death penalty 2020: Middle East and North Africa dominates list of world’s top executioners
amnesty - Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) ruthlessly persisted with executions, defying the unprecedented challenges posed…
Iran opposes interim deal in ‘complicated’ Vienna talks
Al-Monitor - "There is no discussion whatsoever on an interim deal," declared Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Abbas Araghchi, as Tehran and…