Social and Political

deadline.com – Virgil Films & Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Nasrin, a documentary about activist Nasrin Sotoudeh narrated by Oscar winner Olivia Colman. Sotoudeh is a human rights activists and an outspoken leader of Iran’s women’s rights movement. Last week, she cited serious health concerns in ending a six-week hunger strike in Evin Prison, where she has been serving a nearly four-decade sentence. Millions of people from …

Radiofarda – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused Lebanon’s Hezbollah of manufacturing weapons next to a “gas station” in Beirut, warning of “another tragedy” if it explodes. Israel has repeatedly accused the Shiite movement Hezbollah, backed by Israel’s arch-foe Iran, of building missiles to attack the Jewish state. In a video speech from Jerusalem broadcast to the UN …

Radiofarda – In a video message titled the “New Pact,” the exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi defended the widespread protests and strikes inside Iran, saying that the protesters sought to “save” their country. Released on Monday, September 28, Pahlavi advocated for the establishment of democracy in Iran, saying in his message that “isolation, social collapse, frustration, and despair are the only achievements of …

Radiofarda – Referring to the U.S. operation that killed the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ (IRGC) former Chief Commander of the Qods Force, Major General Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Americans “hit so hard that we are left with only one arm.” In a speech at a public ceremony on Monday, September 28, Zarif commemorated …

Iran-HRM – Twenty suicides have been recorded in Urmia Central Prison in the past two weeks due to the horrid prison condition which has had a devastating impact on inmates. An informed source said that the inmates “cannot tolerate prison conditions”. “In response to the prisoners’ protests, prison authorities give out psychedelic pills. After a few days of using these …

Radiozameh – Organ trafficking is increasingly taking place online, including on Instagram, according to an investigation by the Iranian exile media Zamaneh.Instagram is only obliged to remove content that the service becomes aware of.Experts call for legislation on digital liability. “Hi Sister, do you want to sell your kidney?”  This is the question posed by an eager middleman when the …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Arman Abdolali, who was under 18 years old at the time of committing the alleged murder, has been sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) again by Branch Five of the Tehran Criminal Court despite the victim’s body never being found. According to the Iran newspaper website, Branch Five of the Tehran Criminal Court has sentenced Arman Abdolali …

Al-Monitor – An Iranian tanker is close to reaching Venezuela, ship tracking data has revealed. It is one of several Iranian vessels facilitating fuel deals with the crisis-stricken South American country in the face of US sanctions. The Iran-flagged tanker Forest sent out a signal from the Caribbean Sea off of Venezuela’s northern coast Monday, according to the website Marine Traffic. There …

Shabtabnews – The US secretory of state in a twitter statement stated that “ Normal states do not violently suppress legitimate protests, jail their own citizens or those of other countries on specious charges, engage in torture, and impose severe restrictions on fundamental freedoms.” .@SecPompeo: Normal states do not violently suppress legitimate protests, jail their own citizens or those of …

Radiofarda – Saudi Arabia has said it arrested 10 members of a “terrorist cell”, some of whom underwent military and explosive training at Revolutionary Guard camps in Iran. Security authorities said weapons and explosives stored at a house and a farm were seized, but did not say where the raid or arrests last week were carried out. “Competent authorities at …