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rferl.org – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has imposed sanctions on 61 additional U.S. citizens, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, for backing an exiled Iranian dissident group. The ministry on July 16 said former President Donald Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and former White House national-security adviser John Bolton had also been sanctioned for voicing support for the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization …

VOA — Iranian authorities arrested an outspoken pro-reform activist, saying he conspired to act against state security, semi-official media in Iran reported Saturday. The arrest is the latest in a wave of detentions against the backdrop of escalating tensions with the West and Tehran’s rapid advancement of its nuclear work, while talks to revive the landmark 2015 atomic accord remain at …

Iranwire – Last week rumors circulated in Iranian media that General Ali Nasiri, a senior commander in the IRGC’s Information Protection Unit, had been arrested. It came after a report in the New York Times asserted that several dozen arrests had been made within the Ministry of Defense’s missile development program, on suspicion of leaking classified information. Some linked the alleged arrest …

iran-hrm – As summer arrives, as every year in Iran, the pressure on women to observe the hijab has intensified. Jafar Sadegh Manesh, the head of the 21st of Tir base of the headquarters for enjoining the good and forbidding the evil, said the following: “Hundreds of organized gangs are promoting unveiling and corruption in the country. Any neglect or …

gatestoneinstitute.org – After agreeing to extend the monitoring mechanism of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by reinstalling surveillance cameras a year ago, Iran then announced that it would not allow the IAEA to see images from the devices. The Iranian regime is also refusing to answer the IAEA’s questions about uranium particles found at three clandestine and undeclared nuclear …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Following news of Mossadegh Malahi’s execution in Minab Prison earlier today, new reports show that Mohammad Sorkhrou and Abbas Kamali were also executed on drug-related charges at the prison today. According to Hal Vash, three Baluch men were executed in Minab Prison on May 23. Their identities have been reported as Mohammad Sorkhrou from Minab, …

RFL/RE – For the first time since 2005, Iran has allowed a United Nations special rapporteur to visit the repressive country. But the mandate of the UN rapporteur and the reasons for her visit have prompted controversy and concern among Iranian activists and foreign rights groups. Alena Douhan, the UN special rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures …

Al-Monitor – The talks in Vienna to revive the Iran nuclear deal have reached a stalemate, with neither side appearing to want to budge from the final sticking point regarding the designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the United States. In his latest comments Monday on the state of the negotiations, …

Al-Arabia – Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia has said it will rid its ranks of child soldiers, who have fought by the thousands during the country’s seven years of civil war, the United Nations said Monday. The Houthis signed what the UN described as an “action plan” to end and prevent recruiting or using children in armed conflict, killing, or maiming …

VOA – Iran’s armed forces will target Israel’s heart if it makes “the slightest move” against the Islamic Republic, President Ebrahim Raisi told a military parade on Monday, amid stalled talks between Tehran and world powers to revive a 2015 nuclear pact. Israel, widely believed to have the Middle East’s only atomic arsenal, says it will not be bound by …