Social and Political

Al-Monitor – Iran’s judiciary announced on Tuesday that its prosecutors had issued indictments against US President Joe Biden and over 50 other American officials over their supporting and hosting of a US-based exiled opposition group.  At a press briefing in Tehran, judiciary spokesperson Masoud Setayeshi said the list also included former presidents Donald Trump, Barack Obama and George W. Bush as …

Al-Arabia – Iran has sentenced four people to death for selling contaminated bootleg alcohol that killed 17 people and sent dozens more to hospital in June, the judiciary said on Tuesday. The sale and consumption of alcohol has been banned in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, giving rise to a huge illicit trade in smuggled or bootleg alcohol, some of it …

iranintl – Three Iran experts who have worked closely with Robert Malley, the Biden administration’s special envoy on Iran, were members of an influence network formed and guided by Tehran, an investigation by Iran International shows. The investigation was based on thousands of emails between Iranian diplomats and analysts obtained by Iran International, which shared them with Semafor. The two …

Iranwire – With the first anniversary of Zahedan’s Bloody Friday approaching, Iranian security and military institutions have increased pressure on the families of the massacre’s victims in an attempt to discourage them from seeking justice for their loved ones. On September 30, Iranian security forces opened fire on a peaceful protest in the southeastern city, killing more than 100 demonstrators …

Iranwire – Iraq expects to complete its first railway link with neighboring Iran “in about 18 months,” a senior transport adviser has said. Nasser Al-Asadi, transport advisor to Iraq’s prime minister, told Reuters news agency that work is underway to clear the area between the southern Iraqi city of Basra and the Iranian border town of Shalamja before ground work …

Iranwire – The spokesman for the Iranian Defense Ministry has used a ceremony to hail the capabilities of the locally-developed long-range surface-to-air system named Bavar-373, saying it has been primarily designed to hit Israeli targets over Palestinian territory. “Today, we possess missiles which we have facetiously named ‘Israel-hitting missiles’ as their primary target is the occupied territories,” spokesman Reza Talai-Nik …

VOA – The United States said Monday it refused a request by Iran’s foreign minister to visit Washington last week, pointing to concerns about Tehran’s record including past detentions of U.S. citizens. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian reportedly sought to travel to visit Iran’s consular interests section following the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “They did make that request …

VOA – One person is dead, and four others were injured in an incident at Iran’s southern refinery of Bandar Abbas last week, Iranian state media reported Monday. The Iranian Oil Ministry’s Shana news agency said the incident occurred late on September 22 during emergency repairs, adding that five maintenance workers were hurt, with one worker dying from the injuries. …

Al-Monitor – An American-Iranian dual national died in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on Saturday due to lack of medical attention, according to reports. An anonymous source told BBC Persian that Faramarz Javidzad, 60, was taken to hospital after he suffered stomach bleeding, but he was later returned to the prison in the Iranian capital where he later died due to lack of …

iranintl – The latest trip of Iran’s president and his hijab-cladded wife to the UN in New York has seen the First Lady thrust into the limelight on a global media blitz. Jamileh Alamolhoda, wife of Ebrahim Raisi, spoke to some of the world’s top media, including ABC and Newsweek as the pair embarked on a prolific propaganda effort. To …