Social and Political

Iranwire – A top sports official in Iran has been quoted by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting as saying authorities had “created the conditions” for sports venues to reopen in Iran. “From today, sports venues will be reopened in accordance with health protocols,” Dr. Amin Norouzi, head of the Sports Medicine Federation, told reporters on Sunday. From November 11, he …

Iranwire – Some Iranian films currently waiting to be licensed for screening in Iran are “inappropriate and un-Islamic”, the new Minister of Culture has said. Speaking in an interview for Iranian state television on Saturday, Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili, wondered aloud: “Is our cinema situation acceptable, in terms of issues and priorities? I’m in charge of overseeing movies, and I can’t do …

Jpost -The Mossad has thwarted multiple attacks by Iran against Israeli tourists and businessmen in at least three African countries, Channel 12 reported on Sunday night.According to the report, the targets were Israelis visiting Tanzania, Senegal and Ghana.Five suspects, all with African passports, have reportedly been arrested.Iran has been seeking to harm Israel or Israelis – at sea, using cyberattacks and by …

Al-Arabia — We are supposedly living in a country that has sovereignty and a clear-cut definition of ‘high treason,’ the punishment for which is execution in several countries. Some sins can be forgiven, except the sin of betraying one’s own homeland and conspiring to erase it. Additionally, there is no distinction in the degree of felony between those who commit …

RFL/RE – Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an attack by an armed drone on his residence on November 7 amid escalating tensions over the refusal of Iran-backed militias to accept last month’s parliamentary election results. The Baghdad residence inside the city’s fortified Green Zone was hit by a rocket attack early on November 7, the prime minister’s office said …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Major-General Hossein Salami, chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and keynote speaker in this year’s ceremonies, even claims that the US has already lost its global leadership position while a trio made of China, Russia and Iran is emerging as the new arbiter of human destiny. Not responding [to an attack by Israel] would be a …

RFL/RE – Iran has begun annual war games, state TV reported on November 7, less than a month before a scheduled fresh round of talks on reviving the landmark Iran nuclear deal. The report said navy and air force units as well as ground forces were participating in a more than 1 million-square-kilometer area east of the strategic Strait of …

Iranwire – The date of 13 Aban, November 4 in the Gregorian calendar, is tied to a number of events in Iran’s historical memory, and for the past nine years has for many brought to mind the face of Sattar Beheshti: a regime-critical blogger tortured to death in 2012 just days after his arrest by security forces. It’s also the anniversary …

Iranwire – The Iranian regime’s attempt to cleave a space for itself in Latin America dates back to the 1980s, shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution began in Iran. In 1983, the cleric Mohsen Rabbani was dispatched to Argentina to lead the Al-Tawhid Mosque, Buenos Aires. What happened next is a well-known tale: Rabbani ended up becoming one of the masterminds of …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Gohar Eshghi and Sahar Beheshti, the mother and sister of blogger Sattar Beheshti who was killed in detention in 2012 were arrested in raid at their home on the anniversary of his death on November 3. Iran Human Rights strongly condemns their arrest and calls for their immediate and unconditional release. “Arresting Gohar Eshghi and …