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iranintl – US State Department has strongly condemned threats against Iran International reporters by the entourage of the Iranian president during their visit to the UN this week. A State Department official in response to inquiries said that they have seen reports of threats, and assault on, an Iran International journalist by a member of the Iranian delegation. The behavior …

CHRI – While Iranians around the world commemorated the anniversary of Iran’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement with demonstrations, inside Iran, at least one civilian suffered a gunshot wound to the head as armed state security forces were deployed throughout the nation to suppress protests. “One year after Jina Amini’s killing, not one Iranian official has been held accountable for her …

Al-Arabia – UK police on Saturday arrested a terror suspect who escaped from a London prison earlier this week, sparking a nationwide manhunt. “Metropolitan Police officers have arrested Daniel Khalife. Officers apprehended him just before 11 a.m. today in the Chiswick area, and he is currently in police custody,” the force said in a tweet.The 21-year-old former soldier fled from Wandsworth prison …

Iranwire – In a powerful display of support for the women-led protest movement in Iran, 50 “art performance protesters” will march through central London on September 13 while holding 10 posters depicting Mahsa Amini. A bigger protest is scheduled three days later to mark the first anniversary of the 22-year-old woman’s death in police custody, which sparked monthslong anti-establishment protests …

Iranwire – Iranian security forces have arrested an 18-year-old protester who sustained severe injuries in both his eyes during protests last year, IranWire reports.  The arrest of Parsa Ghobadi took place at his father’s workplace on September 4. On November 25, 2022, Iranian security forces took to the streets to celebrate the national football team’s 2-0 victory over Wales in …

Iranwire – Mojtaba Pourbakhsh, a prominent Iranian sports presenter and university lecturer, has been sacked from Tehran’s Azad University, as the authorities intensify their crackdown on academics supporting the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protest movement. Pourbakhsh shared on his Instagram account on September 5 the official termination notice issued by the Ministry of Science.  In a message accompanying the document, he …

RFL/RE – Iran has slowed its enrichment of uranium at nearly weapons-grade levels, a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by the Associated Press said on September 4. The confidential report comes as Iran and the United States are negotiating a prisoner swap and the release of billions of dollars in Iranian assets frozen in South Korea. Slowing …

Al-Arabia – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will visit Saudi Arabia in the “near future,” Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday. Foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani told a weekly press conference that a range of issues, including economic ties, will be discussed during Amir-Abdollahian’s visit to the Kingdom. While Kanani did not disclose the exact date of the visit, Iran-based …

VOA – A gunman opened fire Sunday night at a prominent shrine in southern Iran, killing one person and wounding eight others in an attack that followed another assault there months earlier, authorities said. Officials offered no immediate motive for the attack in the city of Shiraz at Shah Cheragh, which draws Shiite pilgrims to its domed mosque and the …

Iranwire – The Court of Appeals of Tehran province has upheld the initial sentences of 10 years in prison for 70-year-old Mahvash Sabet (Shahriari) and Fariba Kamalabadi, two members of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority.  Sabet and Kamalabadi spent 10 years of their lives in prison, from 2008 to 2017, solely based on her religious beliefs. They have been held in …