Social and Political

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic of Iran staged a military show in Tehran on November 24 in support of Palestinians, as part of an annual week devoted to the glorification of the paramilitary Basij force. The event, held on the occasion of Basij Week, included a march in which 50,000 Basij members reportedly participated and the showcasing of the Iranian-made …

Iranwire – A German court has sentenced an Iranian man to four years in prison followed by preventive detention for planning an attack with deadly chemicals. Dirk Kienitz, the presiding judge at the Dortmund regional court, said in his verdict that the 26-year old defendant “was determined to carry out a terrorist attack using toxic substances,” according to a court statement.  …

Iranwire – An Iranian elementary school student has died from injuries sustained during a school camp in the northeastern Caspian province of Golestan, an accident that raised questions about the organizers’ adherence to weather warnings.  The head of Motahari Hospital in Golestan announced that Emad Shamloo passed away on the evening of November 23. Rasool Salahi earlier said that Emad …

VOA – The European Parliament on Thursday condemned what it said were Iran’s rights abuses against women, including “brutal murders,” and its detention of EU nationals. A nonbinding resolution slammed the “deterioration of the human rights situation in Iran, and the brutal murders of women by the Iranian authorities, including the 2023 Sakharov Prize laureate Jina Mahsa Amini,” a 22-year-old …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said on Thursday that Israel had failed to achieve its objectives in the war with Hamas, and said that a deal to temporarily pause fighting represented a victory for the Palestinians. “The Zionist regime has not been able to achieve its goals; they wanted to neutralize the resistance, but they could not,” Raisi said, referring to …

iranintl – Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has been implicated in allegations of violating Iran sanctions and terrorism funding by the US Treasury. In a historic move described as “the new era in crypto crackdown,” the US Department of Justice, Treasury, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have imposed a record $4.4 billion fine on Binance on allegations that it enabled the laundering …

Iranwire – The recent arrest in Brazil of two people suspected of being linked to a scheme involving the recruitment of Brazilian citizens by Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, to orchestrate attacks against members of the country’s Jewish community once again raised the alarms over the Lebanese terrorist group’s presence in Latin America. On November 8, the Federal Police of Brazil …

Iranwire – Civil activists and ordinary people in Iran continue to denounce the increased presence of “women in chadors and men with cameras in hand” in Tehran metro stations and other public spaces, including busy squares, parks and university campuses, as the authorities vowed determination in enforcing the mandatory hijab rules. Protests have gained traction on social media, prompting some government …

VOA – Iran’s barring of some of the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s most experienced and expert inspectors from the team allowed to operate there is a “very serious blow” to the agency’s work, the watchdog’s chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday. Tehran informed the International Atomic Energy Agency in September that it was taking the step, known as de-designation. The IAEA …

iranintl – The massive disqualification of candidates for Iran’s March parliamentary elections was the focus of attention, but few paid attention to those who passed through the net. One notable individual is heavyweight traditional conservative Mohammad Reza Bahonar, whose candidacy in the elections can change Iran’s domestic political landscape, at least for the next four months. While the first round …