Iran Executes British Iranian National
VOA - Iran has executed a British Iranian national. Ali Reza Akbari was a former Iranian deputy defense minister and…
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Suspected gas blast kills six in northern Iran: Media
Al-Arabia - An explosion suspected to have been caused by a gas leak at a building in northwestern Iran killed…
Hacked Off: Islamic Republic’s Angry Retaliation For Charlie Hebdo’s “Sacrilegious” Cartoons
Iranwire - Days after Charlie Hebdo published caricatures of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, officials in Iran continue to…
Iran’s Rulers Step Up Use Of Death Penalty Against Baluchs
Iranwire - Iranian courts have handed down death sentences against at least four ethnic Baluch men over the past few…
Iranian Kurdish “Riot Leader” Arrested, Slain And Buried In Less Than A Day
Iranwire - Shadmaan Ahmadi, a 33-year-old Kurdish protester, was arrested on October 9 when Iranian authorities raided his house in…
Report: Iran May Be Using Facial Recognition Technology to Police Hijab Law
VOA - A recently published report in a U.S.-based magazine says Iran is likely using facial recognition technology to monitor…
Iran’s top diplomat to visit Turkey amid Erdogan-Assad thaw
Al-Monitor - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday that his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, would travel to Turkey next…
Iran media: Ex-official sentenced to death gave MI6 information on top officials
Al-Arabia - Iran’s state news agency IRNA said on Thursday Alireza Akbari, a former defense ministry official sentenced to death…
HRW: Iranians Are Protesting Against Mismanaged Governance, Impunity For Abuses
Iranwire - The months-long nationwide protests in Iran demanding fundamental structural reforms to make the government more accountable underline the…
30-Year-Old Iranian Kurd Faces Capital Punishment Amid Protest Crackdown
Iranwire - The Iranian judiciary has charged another protester with "waging war against God," which carries capital punishment, local media…