Social and Political

VOA -Albania has suffered a renewed cyberattack, the country’s interior ministry said Saturday, blaming Iran which Tirana also accused of an earlier assault on its digital systems. “The national police’s computer systems were hit Friday by a cyberattack which, according to initial information, was committed by the same actors who in July attacked the country’s public and government service systems,” …

VOA — France, Britain and Germany on Saturday said they had “serious doubts” about Iran’s intentions to revive a nuclear deal, comments that were rejected by Tehran and called “very untimely” by Moscow. Earlier this month, Iran sent its latest response to the European Union’s proposed text to restore the 2015 agreement under which Tehran had restrained its nuclear program in …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Four Baluch men and a Baluch woman were executed for murder in Zahedan Central Prison. More than 400 executions have been recorded in Iran for the first time in five years. According to Hal Vash, four Baluch men and a Baluch woman were executed in Zahedan Central Prison on September 10. The four men’s identities …

gatestoneinstitute.org – In spite of the opposition from US allies in the Middle East as well as many US Congressman — both Democrats and Republicans — the Biden administration appeared determined to reward the ruling mullahs of Iran whose policies and ideology are anchored in “Death to America” and “Death to Israel”. The Biden administration seemed to hope that if …

RFL/RE – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Tehran’s latest response in negotiations on reviving a 2015 nuclear pact has pushed the talks a step back. Speaking to reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels on September 9, Blinken said Washington still hopes for a deal to keep Iran’s nuclear program in check, but that it was not looking for …

RFL/RE – The parents of jailed Iranian activist Behnam Mousivand have held a demonstration in front of the Rajaei-Shahr prison to protest against the lack of attention being given to their son’s health following hunger strikes. Behnam Mousivand’s sister said in a tweet on September 8 that on the orders of the prison authorities, the police tried to arrest her parents, but they faced …

RFL/RE – Iran has strongly condemned U.S. sanctions imposed this week on Iran’s Intelligence and Security Ministry and its minister after Tehran was accused of being behind a recent cyberattack against Albania. “America’s immediate support for the false accusation of the Albanian government…shows that the designer of this scenario is not the latter, but the American government,” Iranian Foreign Ministry …

Iran-HRM – The families of death row prisoners held the third day of their protest gathering on Thursday, September 8, 2022, outside the Judiciary in Tehran. With the slogan “Don’t execute,” they demanded the Iranian Judiciary stop the execution of their loved ones. The families of death row prisoners, including their old mothers, wives, and children, protested the widespread executions …

Al-Monitor – The Iran nuclear deal is in the midst of its latest near-death experience, following the release this week of two reports by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran’s nuclear program. A quarterly report by the nuclear watchdog on Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) released this week shows that Iran has continued …

RFL/RE – Iranian authorities have confirmed the arrest of 25 people during a protest on August 24 against a cut in water supplies in the western Iranian city of Hamedan. Mohammad Ali Mohammadi, the governor of Hamedan, accused the detainees — who were attending three different demonstrations — of creating insecurity and panic among the public.Water cuts in Hamedan have led to …