Social and Political

amnesty.org – Update: On 29 September, Iranian officials executed Farhad Salehi Jabehdar, and again displayed their shameless contempt for the right to life and disregarded their obligations under international law. Justice is never served by taking a life. We renew our calls for a moratorium on the death penalty in Iran pending its complete abolition.****Responding to the news that Iranian …

CHRI – The Iranian security establishment’s attempt to imprison four prominent human rights defenders, only a few months after the inauguration of the country’s new presidential administration, signals the beginning of a new and intensified era of repression. “This is a clear attempt to enchain the country’s top rights defenders and create a climate of fear as this illegitimate government …

Al-Monitor – “The three islands are inseparable swaths of Iranian territory and any claim on them is vehemently rejected,” read a statement by Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations. The statement came as a response to UAE Deputy Foreign Minister Khalifa Shaheen al-Marar, who told the UN General Assembly on Monday his country would continue to demand “sovereignty over the islands occupied …

AL-Arabia – In Iran’s holy city of Qom, where Shia scholars study and pilgrims travel to a shrine believed to be a gate to heaven, the country’s coronavirus outbreak began and still rages to this day. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. While Iran works to vaccinate its 80 million people, many …

Al-Arabia – Two members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) died after a fire broke out at a research center belonging to the IRGC in the capital Tehran on Sunday, the force announced on Monday. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. IRGC members Morteza Karimi and Hossein Abedi died due to …

RFL/RE – Iran has not allowed international inspectors access to a centrifuge-component-manufacturing workshop as agreed under a monitoring deal reached two weeks ago, the UN nuclear watchdog says.The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was denied access to the TESA Karaj centrifuge component manufacturing workshop near Tehran, the agency said in a statement on September 26.IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi “reiterates that …

Iranwiire – Iran’s vaccination drive against coronavirus has picked up speed over the past month. Last week, the Health Ministry also began to inoculate young Iranian citizens aged 12 to 18, at the same time as the “fifth wave” of infections was said to be subsiding. Nevertheless Dr. Shervin Shokouhi, head of the infectious diseases department at Loghman Hakim Hospital in Tehran, …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The “American illusion” of Rafsanjani, Khatami and Rouhani did great damage to Iran, principally by fostering the belief that the solution to Iran’s problems could only be found outside Iran. That illusion is now being replaced by the “Russian illusion” which is based on the same analysis. However, neither America nor Russia nor China or any other power …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Not only did the Biden administration – whose sole purpose in Afghanistan was to prevent another “9/11 attack” – hand the Taliban and the mullahs of Iran a major political and strategic victory, it also rewarded them with sophisticated, state-of-the-art US weapons worth $85 billion – courtesy of American taxpayers — which these terrorists will undoubtedly use to …

barrons.com – Iran paid tribute Saturday to a teenager who died of severe burns after having rescued two women neighbours trapped in a fire in their apartment building. Fifteen-year-old Ali Landi died of his injuries on Friday, two weeks after he helped the women escape their burning home and tried to throw a gas cylinder out of the window to …