Social and Political

Babak Zarin, Majid and Amir Reza Khoshmanzar given Moharebeh for disabling CCTV Iran-HRM – Majid Khoshmanzar, 49, a senior employee of the Traffic Control Center at Mashhad’s Municipality, and his son, Amir Reza Khoshmanzar, a boxing champion, along with another citizen in Mashhad, Babak Zarin, were arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence during nationwide protests in October 2022. Iran’s Judiciary …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Considering the volume of reports of protesters being shot in the head and face by security forces in most Iranian cities, leading to many, including a significant number of young women, being blinded, Iran Human Rights considers the inhumane and unlawful act to have been systematically carried out by the Islamic Republic to crush protests. …

Iranwire – An Armenian Christian woman was brutally detained during a protest in the Iranian capital in October 2022, at the peak of the ongoing demonstrations demanding more freedoms and women’s rights. The young woman was released on bail after spending 40 days behind bars during which she was subjected to verbal humiliation and sexual harassment. As a part of …

Iranwire – The Iranian government has announced that it will soon implement a controversial project proposed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to sell unused or low-productivity public assets, with the stated goal of generating wealth. Considering the ingrained level of corruption within the Islamic Republic, this project to sell “surplus” properties potentially worth billions of dollars to the private sector has been …

Iranwire – Ten Nobel Prize laureates and hundreds of other personalities across the world have joined their voices to urge “unstinting” support for Iranians who are protesting against the Islamic Republic in defiance of a bloody crackdown. “Their victory would mean deliverance from a regime that denies free elections, free speech, due process of law, and personal autonomy in matters …

Iranwire – Azerbaijan’s security forces have arrested 39 people suspected of being part of an Iranian spy network that carried out “acts of sabotage” and used religion to push pro-Iranian propaganda, local media reported. The government APA news agency reported on February 1 that the suspects were arrested as a result of an operation conducted by the Interior Ministry. The …

VOA – Iran’s atomic energy organization on Wednesday dismissed a report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog that said Iran had made an undeclared change to uranium enriching equipment at its Fordow plant. The International Atomic Energy Agency said its inspectors found a modification to an interconnection between two clusters of centrifuges that was substantially different than what Iran had …

VOA – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has vowed that WhatsApp and Instagram will remain blocked in the country, blaming the online platforms for stoking protests that started more than four months ago. The Islamic republic was rocked by major demonstrations after the mid-September death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, after her arrest for allegedly breaching the country’s dress …

jpost – The Turkish authorities plan to deport Iranian woman Maryam Ramezanpour who is seeking asylum in Eskisehir, Turkey back to the Islamic Republic, and she is currently on a hunger strike. The Jerusalem Post has secured information from Uzay Bulut, a Turkish political analyst and research fellow for the Philos Project, who is in contact with a close friend of Ramezanpour. …

Al-Arabia – An Iranian, sentenced to death for allegedly attacking security forces during protests triggered by last year’s death in custody of Mahsa Amini, has been given a stay of execution, the judiciary said Wednesday. Mohammad Ghobadlou was sentenced to death in November after being convicted of “corruption on earth for attacking police in Tehran with a car, resulting in …