Social and Political

Al-Arabia – An Iranian man nicknamed the “dirtiest man in the world” for not taking a shower for decades has died at the age of 94, state media reported on Tuesday. Amou Haji, who did not wash for more than half a century and was single, died on Sunday in the village of Dejgah in the southern province of Fars, …

Iranwire – Almost forty days have passed, and the streets are still inflamed. The brutal suppression by the regime has meant the protests have divided into different “neighbourhoods”. However, parts of the capital are still surrounded by security forces. This can be seen on Enghelab Street, especially between the city theatre and Enghelab Square, Karimkhan Street, ValiAsr Square and Keshavarz Boulevard. If …

Iranwire – In the past month, the repression and arrests of teachers, and the continuing threats against them, have entered a new phase. Since the outbreak of nationwide protests following the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police, there have been disturbing reports of the treatment of teachers and students in Iran. In …

Iranwire – Teachers and school staff in several cities across Iran continued their strike for the second day on Monday amid a security forces crackdown.  Reports obtained by IranWire from the Kurdish provinces of Iran indicate that, despite the threats from the security forces, protest rallies went ahead in schools across the country. The Coordinating Council for Teachers Union reported that …

Iranwire – Medics joined university students, schoolchildren and teachers across Iran and went on strike on Sunday, October 23, as nationwide anti-government protests entered a 37th day. Iran’s judiciary has banned three teachers’ rights activists from leaving the country, sentencing them to five years in prison. Jafar Ebrahimi, Rasoul Badaghi and Mohammad Habibi were charged with “gathering and colluding with …

VOA – A Spanish man trekking from Madrid to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup has not been heard from since the day after he crossed into Iran three weeks ago, his family said Monday, stirring fears about his fate in a country convulsed by mass unrest. The experienced trekker, former paratrooper and fervent soccer fan, 41-year-old Santiago Sanchez, …

VOA – One month after Albania cut diplomatic relations with Iran following a cyberattack, Albania’s prime minister arrived Sunday in Israel for a three-day visit that includes meeting with Israeli cyber defense officials. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said he and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama discussed common challenges facing the two countries, “with an emphasis on …

Al-Monitor – Nearly a month on, horrifying details continue to trickle out from the killing of scores of civilians in Iran’s southeastern city of Zahedan — the capital of Sistan-Balouchistan province and home to the ethnic Balouch community who are followers of Sunni Islam — under the Shiite-led central government.   The killings occurred on Sept. 30, a day described by …

rferl.org – Iran says it has arrested 10 people who were working for Israel as “Mossad-related agents” in the province of West Azerbaijan. The Islamic republic’s judiciary announced the arrests on October 24 but did not give details, including who the people were or the day of their apprehension. The judiciary said four of the 10 were accused of “corruption …

voanews –  Iran released security footage Sunday that it said came from its notorious Evin Prison the night a fire broke out that killed at least eight inmates, an effort to clarify the government’s narrative amid growing international pressure. The purported CCTV footage of the mayhem last weekend only added to the mystery of what happened the night of the …