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Iranwire – The below is an archived article first published by IranWire on October 15, 2021. It has been republished as part of our new series on transnational repression. Read more about the project here. In the past few years, many Iranian journalists working for foreign media outlets have reported threats and intimidation to themselves and their families by the Islamic …

Iranwire – The almost 43-year history of the Islamic Republic of Iran is deeply associated with incidents of  kidnapping and assassination abroad. Since the beginning of Ruhollah Khomeini’s rule over Iran, which ran from February 1979 to June 1989, silence dissidents outside their country of origin took on a religious aspect, coming as the criminal operations did on the orders …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The Biden administration has already caved in to the mullahs’ demands. It announced not only that it is willing to lift nuclear-related sanctions, but also that it is considering lifting non-nuclear related sanctions. The administration also proceeded to revoke the designation of the Houthis, an Iran-backed terror group, as an officially-designated terrorist organization. “The Biden administration appears to …

Iran-HRM – Agents of the Intelligence Department of Sari arrested Mr. Seyyed Esmail Emadi Chashmi in Qa’emshahr in recent days. They have detained him in the detention center of the Intelligence Department of Sari. Seyyed Esmail Emadi Chashmi is 57 years old. The intelligence services agents arrested him on November 9, 2021, in his hometown of Qa’emshahr, in the northern …

amnesty – Responding to the arbitrary arrest of prominent human rights defender Narges Mohammadi on 16 November 2021 in Karaj, Alborz province, while attending a memorial for Ebrahim Ketabdar, who was killed by Iranian security forces during nationwide protests in November 2019, Heba Morayef, Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa said: “Narges Mohammadi is a prisoner of …