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iranintl – US immigration authorities have arrested an Iranian national accused of lying about past ties to a paramilitary organization linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told Iran International. Homeland Security Investigations agents, working with the FBI, arrested Yousof Sadat Azizi on April 13 on charges related to alleged fraud and misrepresentation in his visa …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Abbas Yavari, a January 2026 protester, was “killed under torture” after being transferred to an unknown location for interrogation. Manouchehr Vafaei and Navid Naghdi, two political prisoners on death row for murdering Basij agents, are at grave risk of execution in Shiraz Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a 31-year-old Ahwazi …

RFL/RE — Developments around the Strait of Hormuz are moving fast, two days after the start of a US naval blockade. While US Central Command initially stated no ships had made it past the blockade of Iranian ports and six vessels had turned back, later reports indicated that around 20 commercial vessels had transited the strait in the past 24 …

Iran-HRM – Between March 30 and April 9, 2026 (10-20 Farvardin 1405), ten political prisoners were executed in Qezel Hesar Prison. These individuals included political prisoners Vahid Bani-Amerian, Mohammad Taghavi, Babak Alipour, Pouya Ghobadi, Abolhassan Montazer, and Akbar Daneshvarkar, along with four detainees from the nationwide uprising of January 2026: Amirhossein Hatami, Mohammad-Amin Biglari, Shahin Vahedparast, and Ali Fahim. These executions were …

alarabiya – Iran has formally responded to a 15-point proposal from the United States, the state-linked Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday, citing an “informed source.” The response was sent overnight through intermediaries, and Tehran is now awaiting a reply from Washington, the source said. According to the report, Iran outlined several conditions for ending the conflict, including a halt …

alarabiya – Iran named a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander and senior figure in the hardline political faction on Tuesday to replace the powerful head of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, killed in US-Israeli strikes last week. Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr was appointed as Larijani’s successor as secretary of the SNSC, the Iranian president’s deputy of communications …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Islamic Republic’s security forces have continued to arrest civil society activists in the western regions of Iran despite the ongoing wartime conditions. At the same time, continuing US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran have struck locations near several prisons, raising concerns about the safety of prisoners. According to information obtained by IHRNGO, civil society activists …

gatestoneinstitute.org – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres issued a statement… with the formulation that has become the UN’s signature posture in moments of crisis: “The use of force by the United States and Israel against Iran, and the subsequent retaliation by Iran across the region, undermine international peace and security.” The UN Security Council convened an emergency session. Russia and …

Iran-HRM – The Leading Role of Women in the January Uprising and Gender-Based Repression 8 March; A Global Benchmark for Equality and Human Dignity International Women’s Day, rooted in the struggles of women workers in the early twentieth century, is today recognized as a global benchmark for measuring equality, political participation, judicial justice, and women’s human dignity. It is not …

Iranwire – The Israeli military said on Monday, March 2, that in the opening hours of its assault on Iran it struck and killed several senior members of the Islamic Republic’s Ministry of Intelligence. In a statement published on the X platform, the Israeli army included the name of Seyyed Yahya Hamidi, the Deputy Intelligence Minister for “Israel Affairs,” in …