Social and Political

Iranwire – The seventeenth day of widespread protests in Iran continued the familiar pattern of protests, arrests and detentions. Large numbers of students were detained. Melika Gharagozlu arrested Lawyer Mohammad Ali Kamfirouzi announced that Melika Gharagozlu, a 22-year-old journalism student at Allameh Tabatabai University, had been arrested. On Twitter he said that 10 male officers and one female officer had …

VOA – Albanian authorities Monday denied the country’s police system was hacked after local media reported that data on people being investigated for crimes was released from an Iranian hacking group. Albanian media reported a leaked file with a list of suspected people, from allegedly the police database, who are being probed on different crimes. Ervin Karamuco, a criminology professor, …

VOA – The White House on Monday assailed Iran’s crackdown on protests over the death of a young woman held in captivity by the country’s morality police for failing to properly cover her hair with a hijab. “We’re alarmed and appalled by reports of security authorities responding to university students’ peaceful protests with violence and mass arrests,” press secretary Karine …

Iran-HRM – The violent crackdown on Tehran’s elite students led to massive protests across Iran. Students at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran were locked inside the university’s parking lot by state security forces on October 2, 2022. The Sharif University of Technology is one of the world’s best universities and admits elite students. Numerous videos by eyewitnesses and students demonstrate the horrific attack on …

gatestoneinstitute.org – As one of the signatories of the original Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the flawed nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration, Russia, as well as China, will ultimately have a say in any new agreement that emerges from the Vienna talks. Rather than seeking to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Beijing and Moscow are more interested in …

Al-Monitor – Classes were suspended and moved online Monday at Iran’s leading technology university in Tehran after clashes erupted overnight between students and security forces, local media said. “Sharif University of Technology announced that due to recent events and the need to protect students … all classes will be held virtually from Monday,” Mehr news agency reported, amid nationwide protests …

Iranwire – Videos and reports surfacing on social media show that Sharif University in Tehran has been surrounded by security forces who have laid siege to the campus. The social media channels of Tehran University Students said that plainclothes officers appeared at the university, who shot at students with shotguns and plastic bullets, and arrested at least a hundred Sharif …

Iranwire – As protests continue across Iran, there are many unanswered questions about how the Islamic Republic trains the police, the riot police, plainclothes agents and interrogators to brutally suppress protests and abuse protesters. This article looks at official studies to try to answer some of the most important. The police, the riot police, officially called “special units”, and plainclothes …

VOA – Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Monday the widespread protests following the death in police custody of a young woman last month are not the actions of “ordinary Iranians” as he accused the United States and Israel of planning the demonstrations. The protests, now in their third week, have been met with a crackdown by police and …

VOA – The United States on Sunday rejected Iranian reports that Tehran’s release of two detained Americans will lead to the unfreezing of Iranian funds abroad. Baquer Namazi, 85, was permitted to leave Iran for medical treatment abroad, and his son Siamak Namazi, 50, was released from detention in Tehran, the United Nations said on Saturday. Now Iran is awaiting …