Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Amir Hossein Moradi is critically ill, said a fellow inmate who is on temporary leave until August 22. Hossein Qashqaii, a social media activist, who is serving two years in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary for his activities on social media, has been on temporary leave from prison. He has made revelations about prison conditions in the …
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Rights Watchdog Says Mismanagement Is Undermining Iran’s COVID Response
RFL/RE – Human Rights Watch (HRW) is urging Iranian authorities to redouble efforts to respond effectively to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying their prohibition on the import of U.S. and U.K.-produced vaccines, a lack of transparency, and mismanagement are exacerbating the already dire impact of the coronavirus in the country.With the number of deaths and hospitalizations on the rise and a …
Read More »The Supreme Leader is Criminally Liable for Iran’s Vaccine Crisis
iranwire – By the time Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei announced his approval for Iran to import British and American coronavirus vaccines, it was too late for thousands of families. For those whose loved ones died waiting for a vaccine — people held prisoners to the stubborn arrogance of Khamenei’s misguided policies — it was a bitter moment. The Supreme Leader made his …
Read More »NUFDI to Biden: Use Frozen Assets for Vaccines
nufdiran – Use Frozen Assets for Vaccines Mr. President, The people of Iran are facing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. While the world struggles with COVID-19, the Iranian people are struggling under a regime condemning them to death by banning the American-made vaccines which could save their lives. This is just the Islamic Republic’s latest crime against the people of Iran. …
Read More »Lawyers, Activists Arrested as they Attempt to Sue State for Failed COVID Response
CHRI —The unlawful arrests of six prominent lawyers and civil rights activists in Tehran as they were preparing to file a lawsuit against state officials for their gross mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic is an indication of the worsening human rights situation under the newly inaugurated President Ebrahim Raisi and new Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei. “Instead of addressing the skyrocketing numbers of COVID-19 infections …
Read More »Covid-19: Five-Day Lockdown Declared in Iran
Iranwire – Iran will be in lockdown for five consecutive days from Monday, August 16, to Saturday, August 21, the National Coronavirus Taskforce announced on August 14. In a letter to the Supreme Leader Khamenei, Health Minister Saeed Namaki had asked for a two-week lockdown. But his request failed to attract so much as one vote at the meeting of …
Read More »Embattled Health Chief Misses Key Meeting as Iran’s Covid Death Rate Soars
Iranwire – Outgoing Iranian health minister Saeed Namaki is understood to have missed a meeting of the National Coronavirus Headquarters on Friday that was being chaired by new president Ebrahim Raisi. The minister’s absence is believed to be linked to growing criticism of the Islamic Republic and the Ministry of Health’s policies on Covid-19 vaccine imports. Over the past 48 hours, …
Read More »Iran continues to be rocked by protests, and the COVID crisis
nufdiran.org – Iran continues to be rocked by protests, the COVID crisis caused by Khamenei’s ban of the American and British vaccines, and the inauguration of the criminal Ebrahim Raisi as the Islamic Republic’s new president.The people of Iran are suffering under unimaginable pressure from the regime and its brutality. At NUFDI, we are doing everything we can to bring …
Read More »Tehran Coronavirus Lead: Iran Hid Fatalities From the WHO
Iranwire – “We concealed the figures on fatalities from the World Health Organization,” said Dr. Alireza Zali, director of Tehran Coronavirus Taskforce on Wednesday, August 11. “When the WHO experts came to Iran, we constantly asked them to praise Iran’s health system to the media instead of consulting with them.” The senior physician made the disclosure on Wednesday, August 11 during a …
Read More »Iran Should Lift Deadly Ban on Foreign COVID Vaccines
CHRI –Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei should immediately lift his ban on foreign COVID-19 vaccines, and U.S. President Joe Biden should include Iran in its global vaccination efforts, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said today. Khamenei’s ban on importing vaccines from major vaccine-producing countries including the U.S., UK, and France, as well as Iranian officials’ false promises of an effective domestic …
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