Social and Political

Iranwire – The families of some of the victims of the Metropol complex collapse report that they have been warned not to speak out about their loved ones or the situation in Abadan. Nightly protests have been taking place in Abadan and elsewhere since May 24 over the flippant way the government has handled the disaster. So-called security forces have used violence to disperse …

Iranwire – Iran’s Ministry of Culture has launched a startling attack on the makers of the 2022 film Holy Spider, saying its creators were “following the path set by Salman Rushdie”. In a threatening statement issued on Monday, shortly after lead actress Zar (Zahra) Amir Ebrahimi won best actress award at Cannes, the Cinema Organization of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance called the …

Iran-HRM – Iranian riot police fired tear gas and shot into the air to disperse an angry crowd of hundreds of people near the site of a building collapse in the southwestern city of Abadan, online videos showed Monday. One week after the collapse of the Metropol Tower, which left dozens dead and missing, Abadan was once again the scene …

Al-Arabia – The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Monday accused “Zionists” of assassinating a colonel in Tehran earlier this month, the Guards’ official website reported. Guards Colonel Sayyad Khodai “was martyred by the most vicious people, the Zionists, and God willing, we will avenge his death,” Major General Hossein Salami said. However, he did not use the term “Zionist …

RFL/RE – Iranians continue to vent their anger in southwestern Iran as the death toll in the collapse of a tower in the city of Abadan rose to 31 after the bodies of two more victims were found in the rubble. The state news agency IRNA said on May 30 that the two bodies were found during recovery work, and that another …

Iranwire – Protests in the mourning city of Abadan turned violent on Sunday night due to the brutal intervention of the country’s so-called “security forces”. Videos of the gatherings show uniformed officers opening fire on crowds and in others, the sound of gunshots can clearly be heard. 🎥 نیروهای سرکوب جمهوری اسلامی بار دیگر علیه معترضان و مردم داغدیده آبادان …

Iran-HRM – The pollution of wetlands in Iran has always been criticized by many environmentalists. Lack of waste and sewage management in the wetland environment, fragmentation of wetlands, burning of oil ponds in the wetland, and discharge of oil waste in the wetlands are among the issues of concern and raised by environmental activists. 43% of wetlands in Iran become …

Iran-HRM -Iranian authorities have installed large concrete walls and high metal poles for security cameras around Khavaran cemetery, the burial site of thousands of political prisoners executed in 1988. Footage of the authorities installing concrete walls and installing security cameras around the Khavaran mass gravesite has been shared on social media. Footage of #Iran‘s authorities installing concrete walls and installing security …

voanews – Iran’s seizure of two Greek-flagged oil tankers in Gulf waters is “a serious violation of international law,” France’s foreign ministry said Sunday, calling for the immediate release of the ships and their crews. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized the Greek tankers in the Persian Gulf on Friday, days after Athens confirmed it would deliver to Washington Iranian oil it …

alarabiya – The Iranian army has given some details – but not the exact location – of an underground base for its military drones, state media reported on Saturday, amid simmering tensions in the Gulf. State TV said 100 drones were being kept in the heart of the Zagros mountains, including Ababil-5, which it said were fitted with Qaem-9 missiles, …