Social and Political

iranintl – Iran has withdrawn the designation of several inspectors assigned to conduct verification activities in Iran under the Non-Proliferation Treaty Safeguards Agreement.  Rafael Grossi, Director General of UN nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), made the rare public statement on Saturday amidst the national rallies taking hold in Iran and abroad around the one-year anniversary of the death …

Iranwire – Iranian security forces have arrested Hanieh Tavassoli, a renowned film actress, and taken her to an undisclosed location.  “My sister Hanieh Tavassoli was arrested tonight at 11:45 pm at her home and taken to an undisclosed location,” her sister Tannaz Tavassoli said in an Instagram post on September 16.  On the one-year anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in …

Iranwire – A 27-year-old man who was shot in the head by security forces on the one-year anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death yesterday has been declared brain dead, IranWire reports. The medical team in charge of Fardin Jafari’s case has made the decision to disconnect him from life support. However, the security apparatus appears to be obstructing this action, prolonging …

VOA – The one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa “Jina” Amini was marked Saturday by a strong military presence and a general strike by tradespeople and shopkeepers in Kurdish cities across numerous provinces of Iran — along with protest rallies in cities worldwide. Numerous images circulating Saturday on social media also showed a significant number of military and security …

VOA – Hundreds gathered in central London on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests of the country’s conservative Islamic theocracy. Chanting “Women! Life! Freedom!,” the crowds held her portrait and rallied around the memory of a young woman who …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The Tar-Baby is the second of the Uncle Remus tales published in the United States in 1881. In it, the evil Br’er Fox conjures a doll made of tar and turpentine with which to entrap the Br’er Rabbit. The more the victim tries to shake himself free, the more entangled he becomes. These days, of course, some policymakers and …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – On the anniversary of Jina (Mahsa) Amini’s state-murder, women at Qarchak women’s prison have been attacked by guards and a section of the prison is on fire. Phones have been cut off, with little information available about the current status. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, prison guards have attacked women prisoners at …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO)- Fardin Jafari, a Kurdish man shot by security forces in Saqqez today, is reported to be in a critical condition in hospital. According to information received by Iran Human Rights, Fardin Jafari, a young Kurdish man from Saqqez, was shot in the head by security forces on the way to Aychi Cemetry where Jina (Mahsa) Amini …

Al-Monitor – One year on from Iran’s protests against the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody and the subsequent bloody crackdown by authorities, European views have hardened toward the Islamic Republic, but nuclear policy has barely been affected by the unrest.  Amini’s death in police custody on Sept. 16, 2022, sparked waves of protests across the country against the regime …

Al-Monitor – Israelis of Iranian origin and Israeli politicians have increased their activities to support the Tehran protest movement, including contacts with the son of the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Iranian activists in exile. They are hoping that their support will assist the protest movement that erupted a year ago in weakening the Ayatollah-run government. With Israel mired at …