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CHRI – On the eve of International Women’s Day, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) celebrates women everywhere who are at the vanguard of the struggle for human rights despite crushing adversity. In Iran, courageous women, including lawyers, activists, journalists, and mothers of the victims of state violence, are demanding justice, freedom, equality, and basic civil liberties for …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNG) – On International Women’s Day, Iran is the world’s top executioner of women. In 2021, the number of women executions almost doubled to at least 17 executions compared to 9 in 2020.  Of the 17, 12 were sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder and five to death for drug-related charges. Eight of the women were charged with murdering their husbands. Five qisas cases …

Al-Monitor – Many observers following the negotiations in Vienna to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), had hoped an agreement would finally be announced this last weekend. However, no deal was announced and Russia appeared to throw a last-minute wrench into the talks.  Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian spoke today to members of …

Al-Arabia – Iran said Monday it was awaiting “details” on Russia’s demands for US guarantees that could potentially delay reaching an agreement in talks aiming to restore Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that Moscow wants written guarantees from Washington that Western sanctions imposed on it over the Ukraine conflict will …

RFL/RE – Tehran says there has been significant progress in talks with the United States on an agreement to swap prisoners. Iran is holding a number of dual nationals, including several Iranian-Americans, amid accusations by rights activists and others that Tehran is using the detainees to extract concessions from other countries. “These negotiations have progressed significantly and we are waiting …