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VOA – A statue erected to honor slain Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani has been torched by unknown assailants hours after it was unveiled, Iranian media reported Thursday. Soleimani, who headed the Quds Force, the foreign operations arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, was killed on January 3, 2020 in Iraq in a US drone strike at Baghdad airport along with his …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – The Iranian Writers’ Association (IWA) issued a statement holding the Islamic Republic government directly responsible for the life of filmmaker, poet and IWA member, Baktash Abtin, who is in a medically induced coma after being denied timely medical treatment for COVID-19. Human rights defender Baktash Abtin contracted COVID-19 for the second time in early December …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mohammad Salarzehi, a Baluch man sentenced to death on drug-related charges, was executed in Shiraz Central Prison. According to Resanak, a Baluch man was executed on the morning of January 2. His identity has been reported as Zahedan-native, Mohammad Salarzehi, who had been sentenced to death for drug-related offences. He was arrested two years ago …

Al-Monitor – An Arab diplomat who spoke to Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity warned that for every day the talks aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal drag on, Tehran’s nuclear program advances. “Iranians are buying valuable time so that they get to the point of no return,” the diplomat said. Iran and world powers kicked off the latest round …

Al-Monitor – The spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said last week’s military drills in his country sent a message to Israel and made it end its war threats against the Islamic Republic. “The Zionists [Israeli government] were under the impression that they were capable of neutralizing some of our ballistic missiles,” Ramezan Sharif told the state-run Arabic language …