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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Child bride Soheila Abedi was executed for murder in Sanandaj Central Prison today. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a woman was executed in Sanandaj Central Prison on July 27. Her identity has been established as Soheila Abedi, a child bride sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for the murder of her husband by Branch One of …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Political prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared who has spent 13 years behind bars without a day of furlough for demanding justice for her four siblings, is facing new fabricated charges of “propaganda” brought by the Ministry of Intelligence. She has been denied medical treatment in Semnan Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, the Ministry …

Al-Monitor – Russian President Vladimir Putin, on his second foreign trip since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, visited Tehran and met with Iranian officials on July 19. Although his trip brought much joy to hardliners in Iran, it seems that Moscow got the best of the visit.  The Russian president was warmly received during his short stay in Tehran, at a time …

Al-Monitor – Iran’s Economy Minister Ehsan Khandouzi announced on July 26 that the US dollar has officially been ditched in his country’s trade relations with the Russian Federation.    At a press briefing in Tehran, the minister said the US currency has been replaced with the Russian ruble in Iran-Russia business, adding that similar plans are in the pipeline for trade with such …

RFL/RE – Iran has collected and sealed cameras used by the UN atomic watchdog to monitor its nuclear program, the Fars news agency reported on July 26, citing the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. On July 25, Iran’s nuclear chief, Mohammad Eslami, said 27 cameras installed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would not be reactivated until a deal …