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Iranwire – Iran’s politicians who once hailed the resumption of diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia last year as a “government success” are now more skeptical.  This shift in perspective comes in the wake of the forced removal of Qassem Soleimani’s statues from a stadium and the resolute stance of one of the most influential countries in the Islamic world toward establishing relations …

iranintl – The limited responses from Iranian officials to the US and UK’s attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen have largely consisted of typical rhetoric from the regime. So far, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has provided the most “critical” response to the Western air strikes. He strongly condemned the military action and claimed that they only divert attention …

Iranwire – Amnesty International has expressed horror at the recent execution of an Iranian Kurdish man who was sentenced to death 13 years ago following a trial marred by serious rights violations. “@amnesty is horrified by the arbitrary execution on 2 January of Davoud Abdollahi, from Iran’s Kurdish Sunni minority, who was convicted of “corruption on earth” and sentenced to …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Kurdish political prisoners Mohsen Mazloum, Pejman Fatehi, Vafa Azarbar and Hajir Faramarzi are at imminent risk of execution after their death sentences were hastily upheld. They have been incommunicado since their arrest in June 2022. Condemning the death sentences issued for the four political prisoners, Iran Human Rights calls on the international community for an …

Shabtabnews – In a statement by IOPHR ( The International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights ) on the Anniversary of the Deliberate Downing of the Ukrainian Passenger Airline linked the recent terrorist attack in Kerman to the Iranian Regime’s terrorist policies. The statement stated : “Similar to the misinformation surrounding the Ukrainian plane tragedy, the IRGC officials hastily and without …

RFL/RE – A bombing attack in Iran claimed by the Islamic State extremist group has killed 91 people, state media said on January 6, raising an earlier toll after two victims died of their wounds. The two blasts in Kerman on January 3 hit crowds at a memorial ceremony near the tomb of Qasem Soleimani, a revolutionary guards general killed in a …

RFL/RE – The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps vowed on January 6 to reach “the enemy” far and near as tensions soar on key shipping routes where Tehran’s allies have been attacking vessels. “Today, we are facing an all-out battle with the enemy,” said Hossein Salami at a ceremony in the Gulf port city of Bandar Abbas, where the …

Al-Arabia – Mourners wept over the coffins of victims of two deadly blasts in Iran as the interior minister said on Friday a number of suspects had been arrested over the attacks claimed by ISIS. Crowds chanted “revenge, revenge” in state TV footage of the funerals in the city of Kerman, the scene of Wednesday’s explosions, the bloodiest such attacks in …

VOA – The Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility Thursday for two suicide bombings that killed 84 people in Iran who had gathered for a memorial at the grave of Revolutionary Guards General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed four years ago by a U.S. drone strike. In a statement on social media, Islamic State said two “martyr brothers” headed to …

Amnesty – Iranian Kurdish man Reza (Gholamreza) Rasaei is at imminent risk of execution in relation to the September-December 2022 nationwide protests. On 16 December 2023, Branch 17 of the Supreme Court upheld his conviction and death sentence for “murder”, which were issued by a criminal court following a grossly unfair trial that admitted his torture-tainted forced “confessions” as “evidence”. …