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Iranwire – The Islamic Republic was not truthful during its “True Promise Operation” against Israel. Iranian media published a significant amount of inaccurate and false information within less than 24 hours following the IRGC’s drone and missile attack on Israel. Amid a war of fake news and false narratives, the initial misstep occurred with the IRGC’s first statement.  Released nearly …

Iranwire – As the protests raged on, an Islamic Republic riot squad officer smirked at Kowsar Eftekhari. Moments later, he targeted her eye with pellets from his gun, and blinded her in one eye.  A year and a half since the start of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, her name resonates in the array of people who have suffered human …

Iranwire – Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a commander of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike in Damascus on Monday had previously been involved in quelling anti-establishment protests in Iran.  In December 2023 IranWire obtained several hours of video footage of joint exercises between the IRGC and the police force of the Islamic Republic to prepare for …

CHRI – Crimes Against Humanity: State Atrocities in Iran Revealed in First Report of UN Fact-Finding Mission Unlawful deaths, extra-judicial executions, disproportionate lethal force, torture, rape, arbitrary arrests, and enforced disappearances were among the many rights violations amounting to “crimes against humanity,” that have been revealed in the detailed inaugural report of the UN’s independent, international Fact-Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI), …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Prominent human rights defender and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi sent an urgent appeal to the 55th session of the Human Rights Council which was read by IHRNGO Director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam. She called for the mandates of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission and Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran to be extended “to allow …

RFL/RE – Iranian lawyer Mahdokht Damghanpor, who had been critical of the judiciary and pointed out flaws in the case presented against executed protester Mohammad Qobadlou, has been summoned before a court for questioning. Amir Raesian, another lawyer for Mohammad Qobadlou, said Damghanpor was summoned to the Media Court, where on February 12 he presented relevant documents it had requested. “We invited …

iranintl – Iranians are posting dance videos on social media in support of a man who is being prosecuted for singing and dancing in the street and posting the videos on Instagram.  The fishmonger, Sadegh Bagheri (aka Boughi) in his late sixties, became an Instagram celebrity in recent months after videos of his folk songs and dance at the bazaar …

Iranwire – The teenage children of Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi have received the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of their jailed mother at a December 10 ceremony in Oslo, reading an acceptance speech their mother had managed to smuggle out of Tehran’s Evin prison. In the speech read by twins Ali and Kiana, 17, Mohammadi said: “I …

iranintl – The US government has once again blamed Iran for Houthi drone and missile attacks on ships in the Red Sea, according to a senior White House official. Reuters reported Thursday that deputy national security adviser Jon Finer has said that the Biden administration thinks the IRGC is behind the attacks, helping with planning and action. “We believe that they …

Iranwire – IranWire has obtained several hours of video footage of joint exercises between the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the police force of the Islamic Republic to prepare for potential protests. The footage dates back to 2016, a year before the eruption of mass protests that rocked Iran until last year and were brutally repressed by security forces, …