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iranintl – Israel’s latest strategy to take on its regional rival Iran is not with a weapon, but a new tool in its soft power arsenal which aims to bridge relations between the two nations locked in escalating tensions. It may be surprising, but the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has rolled out a Persian-language channel on various social media apps, highlighting the …

iranintl – An Israeli security expert, who served for 15 years as an intelligence officer in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), told Iran International that the war between Israel and Hamas is actually a war between Iran and Western values. “I truly believe that the ayatollahs of Iran are promoting a campaign which is a threat not only to Israel. …

iranintl – The release of a BBC World report detailing the violent death of teenager Nika Shakarami, a key figure in Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, has fueled a new wave of public outrage in Iran. The report, revealing that Shakarami, 16, was sexually assaulted and killed by members of the Islamic Republic’s security forces amid the nationwide uprising sparked …

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 …