Radiofarda – Islamic Republic’s Intelligence Ministry announced on Thursday the arrest of 13 “elements” of the Islamic State group who it said had plans to launch “military” operations in Iran’s Western Kurdistan province.
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Iran Dervishes Who Dare To Speak Out From Behind Bars
Radiofarda – One year ago, the quiet, upper-class Tehran neighborhood of Golestan Haftom became a war zone.
Read More »Iran Starts Gulf War Games, To Test Submarine-Launched Missiles
RFL/RE – Iran on February 22 opened large-scale naval drills at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, state media reported, adding that the maneuvers will feature submarine cruise-missile launches for the first time.
Read More »Iran Arrests Environmentalist Who Joined Labor Protest, Brother Says
VOA – The brother of an Iranian environmentalist says Iranian authorities have detained the activist in an apparent continuation of a wave of arrests of environmentalists in western Iran in recent months.
Read More »Iran’s Soleimani Warns Saudis After Deadly Attack in Southeast Region
VOA — The commander of the overseas arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened Saudi Arabia with revenge over a suicide bomb attack in southeastern Iran on Feb. 13 that killed 27 Guards members, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday.
Read More »Iran: Stop imminent execution of three prisoners arrested as teenagers
Amnesty – The Iranian authorities must immediately halt plans to execute three young men who are on death row for crimes that took place while they were under the age of 18, said Amnesty International.
Read More »Report: Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Iran- 2018
Iran Human Rights – IHR has published a report on the situation of Iranian human rights defenders in 2018.
Read More »Statement By UN Experts: Iran Must Stop Execution of Juvenile Offender Mohammad Kalhor
IHR – Iran must immediately halt the imminent execution of child offender Mohammad Kalhori, say a group of UN human rights experts in a statement published today.
Read More »Iran: Juvenile Offender at Imminent Danger of Execution Despite Being Mentally Unfit
Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Juvenile offender Mohammad Kalhor who is sentenced to death for murdering his teacher at the age of 15, is at imminent danger of execution. His death sentence can be carried out in the coming days despite several reports by medical experts testifying that Mohammad was mentally unfit and suffered from depression at the time of the …
Read More »Abuse of 11-Year-Old Child Bride in Iran Sees Some Lawmakers Calling for Reforms
CHRI – News of an 11-year-old girl in the Iranian city of Ilam being repeatedly raped after being illegally married off to a man four times her age has renewed protests by some members of Parliament against the law that allows child marriage.
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