Social and Political

Iranwire – Hamed Esmaeilion says he has resigned as president and spokesperson for the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims to dedicate himself to the “revolution” taking place in Iran. The association has been fighting for truth and justice for the victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane shot down over Tehran more than three years ago. Esmaeilion has emerged …

Iranwire – Prominent Iranian political figure Zahra Rahnavard has harshly criticized the country’s clerical rulers over a wave of poisonings at girls’ schools, which she called “the ugliest and most tragic anti-woman scenario.” Rahnavard is a university professor married to opposition figure Mir Hossein Musavi. In a statement released on the eve of International Women’s Day, she said the poisoning …

Iran-HRM – The Noor School of Art in Qom was targeted by a chemical attack for the first time on November 30, 2023. Since Wednesday, March 1, 2023, these chemical attacks have been growing exponentially, with attacks spreading to 100 schools on Saturday, December 4, and to 100 cities on Sunday, March 5. On Monday, March 6, the attacks reached …

Al-Monitor – The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian would pay a visit to Turkey in solidarity after the twin earthquakes. Amir-Abdollahian, who will travel to Turkey on Wednesday, is expected to meet with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, in Ankara and then travel to Adiyaman, one of the provinces hardest hit by the Feb. 6 …

Al-Arabia – Authorities in Iran have arrested several people over a recent wave of suspected poison attacks targeting mainly female students in schools across Iran, the country’s deputy interior minister said on Tuesday. “Some people have been arrested in five provinces and the relevant agencies are conducting a full investigation and as soon as clear results are obtained, (the public) …

RFL/RE – Iran’s concessions to UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi during his visit to Tehran depend largely on future negotiations, Grossi conceded, walking back some earlier comments. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran said they had agreed to make progress on various issues, including a long-stalled IAEA inquiry into uranium particles found at three undeclared sites in …

Iranwire – The Iranian government has intensified its crackdown on media and individuals who speak out about a wave of poisonings that has sickened hundreds of students across the country over more than three months. The poisonings, which first affected girls’ schools, have now spread to boys’ schools and university dormitories. On March 6, Tehran prosecutor’s office announced that court cases …

Iranwire – Teachers in Iran’s western Kurdish city of Saqqez went on strike and gathered in front of the Education Department on March 7 to protest a series of poisonings that has sickened hundreds of schoolgirls across the country over more than three months. A member of the Saqqez Trade Union, who is also a teacher, told IranWire that the …

Al-Monitor — The family of a US citizen killed during an Iranian bombing campaign in Iraq’s Kurdistan region has filed a federal lawsuit against the government of Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).  Omar Mahmoudzadeh and at least 12 others were killed when Iran attacked Kurdish areas in neighboring Iraq with a barrage of ballistic missiles and drones on Sept. 28. The IRGC-claimed …

Iranwire – Iran on Monday expressed its readiness for a long-awaited prisoner swap with Belgium, days after the European country’s Constitutional Court gave the green light for such a move. Following the decision “by the Belgian Constitutional Court, we can now say that the way to implement the agreement has been opened, and the Islamic Republic of Iran certainly welcomes this change,” foreign …