Social and Political

iranintl – A new report by the World Bank has put Iran among the worst countries in the world in terms of Worldwide Governance Indicators.  The international financial institution collected data from over 30 think tanks, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and private firms worldwide to encompass a wide range of perspectives on governance. However, in Iran’s secretive regime, even its latest …

Iranwire – The incident involving Armita Geravand, a 16-year-old Iranian girl who fell into a coma on October 1, remains a top headline in Iran. Amid widespread reactions on social media to reports that the teenager fell victim of the brutal enforcement of Iran’s mandatory headscarf law, there has been a conspicuous absence of “morality” officers in Tehran’s metro network. The human rights organization …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities are subjecting teachers and pupils at Armita Geravand’s school to immense pressure as part of efforts to control the information surrounding the hospitalization of the 16-year-old girl. Armita has been in a coma at Fajr Air Force Hospital outside Tehran since October 1, when she sustained a “head trauma” in a Tehran subway station, according to …

Iranwire – More than 40 countries have expressed “serious concern” at the recent adoption of the Chastity and Hijab bill by the Iranian parliament, saying the proposed law “considerably aggravates” punishments for women and girls who do not wear a compulsory headscarf. The bill “also seeks to force non-complying women into an unprecedented social and economic siege, by imposing travel …

RFL/RE – Acting U.S. special envoy on Iran Abram Paley has expressed shock over the reported assault on an Iranian teenage girl by the so-called morality police that left her in a coma. Armita Garawand, 16, had been severely injured after being attacked on October 1 by police, the rights group Hengaw reported. “We are following news of [Armita’s] condition,” …

VOA – A U.S. show of force appears to have been enough to get Iran to back down, after Tehran’s naval forces repeatedly targeted ships in and around the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman earlier this year. The commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command said Wednesday that the decision in July to send F-35 and F-16 …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Armita Geravand (Garavand) is a 16-year-old girl who is in a coma at Tehran Air Force’s Fajr Hospital suffering with brain injury following a “violent encounter with metro officers enforcing mandatory hijab.” Maryam Lotfi, a Shargh newspaper journalist sent to report on her story was also arrested to prevent reports of her condition. The only …

Al-Monitor — The US has sent Ukraine’s military 1.1 million rounds of small arms ammunition which the US Navy seized from smugglers tied to Iran in the Gulf of Oman last year. The US Navy confiscated the 7.62mm rounds, which can be fired by Kalashnikov assault rifles, in December 2022 from an unmarked dhow bound for Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the military said …

iranintl – US lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill to deny entry to sanctioned individuals attending UN meetings, following the visit of Iran’s president in September. Representatives Joe Wilson and Jared Moskowitz, members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, sponsored the bill. If enacted into law, it would prevent Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi from attending the next UN General Assembly …

iranintl – Anti-hijab ex-detainee Sepideh Rashno was denied presence at her own trial in Tehran after announcing on social media that she would not wear the hijab at the court. In a brief statement, the judiciary said Rashno’s trial was held Monday morning. The statement published by the judiciary’s news agency, said Rashno was “absent” at the trial, so her …