Social and Political

alarabiya – European-brokered efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal are likely to resume following US President Joe Biden’s visit to the region this month, after an intense round of talks in Doha failed to overcome differences. Two European diplomats with direct knowledge of this week’s negotiations said that, while talks didn’t progress, efforts to resurrect the accord were expected …

rferl.org – Nasrin Javadi, a trade union activist in Iran, has begun serving a seven-year prison sentence that she and activists have slammed as retribution for her labor agitation. The Free Union of Iranian Workers said in a statement on June 30, that Javadi was ordered to report to prison on July 2, following “numerous summonses and pressure from the …

Shabtabnews – IOPHR in a letter addressed to Professor Javaid Rehman – the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran stated that ” in the absence of serious and practical action at the international level to address this blatant and undeniable violation of human rights in Iran, the growing trend of executions …

Al-Arabia – The US and Iran ended indirect talks on reviving the now-defunct 2015 nuclear deal on Wednesday without any breakthrough, according to officials, with Washington accusing Tehran of not being ready to “to revive the deal or bury it.” “Two intense days of proximity talks in Doha on #JCPOA. Unfortunately, not yet the progress the EU team as coordinator had hoped …

RFL/RE – Many relatives of civic and labor activists detained in Iran say security agents are issuing threats if they don’t remain silent about their loved ones’ cases. The families of Jafar Ebrahimi, Anisha Asadollahi, Rasul Badaghi, Mohammad Habibi, Hassan Saeedi, Reza Shahabi, Eskandar Lotfi, Shaban Mohammadi, Keyvan Mohtadi, and Massud Nikkhah — activists who have been detained due to their participation …

Iranwire – Earlier this month a photographer named Hoda Rostami came under a week of intense and sustained criticism on social media. The reason was her role as executive director of Fam Trip, an Islamic Republic-backed tourism initiative that stands for “Familiarization Trip”. Foreign visitors have lavished praise on the program on their Instagram pages, while Rostami herself has posted …

Iranwire – On Monday two large Iranian steel firms, Mobarakeh Steel Company in Isfahan and Khuzestan Steel Industries, were reported to have been the target of large-scale cyberattacks. So severe was the impact on the latter that its production line temporarily ground to a halt. A hacktivist group calling itself Predatory Sparrow – an inverted echo of Iranian state-backed cyber-crime …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Kurdish death row political prisoner, Shaker Behrouz who was recently notified of the confirmation of his death sentence, has been transferred to an unknown location from his ward in Urmia Central Prison. His transfer has raised concerns that his execution may be imminent. Iran Human Rights calls for urgent international action to stop the execution of Shaker …

Al-Monitor – According to Tasnim News Agency, the indirect talks in Qatar between Iran and the United States to revive the nuclear deal have come to an end without progress. An “informed source” quoted by Tasnim said that during the talks, which were mediated by the European Union, the US was not willing to budge on offering Iran “economic guarantees” in the …

Al-Arabia – Indirect talks between Washington and Tehran to revive a 2015 nuclear agreement have ended in Qatar without result, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday.