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Iranwire – Journalist and photographer Adel Azizi, chairman of the Central Provincial Photographers Association, was beaten up by an employee of the Arak governor’s office last week on visiting to talk about industry problems. According to a report by the Young Journalists Club dated September 3, the veteran reporter had gone to the office to follow up on an unenforced order by …

Iranhr – UN human rights experts* have appealed to Iran to halt the imminent execution of Iranian Kurdish prisoner Heidar Ghorbani and repeal his death sentence amid serious concerns that he did not receive a fair trial and was tortured during pre-trial detention. “The Iranian authorities must immediately halt the execution of Heidar Ghorbani and annul the death sentence against …

Al-Monitor – The United States on Friday sanctioned four Iranian intelligence operatives who federal prosecutors say plotted to abduct a New York-based activist and journalist.  The US Treasury Department announced the designation of senior Iranian intelligence official Alireza Shahvaroghi Farahani, as well as three other Iranian operatives, Mahmoud Khazein, Kiya Sadeghi and Omid Noori. The Iranian agents, who remain at large, …

Al-Monitor – An Iranian archer won her third gold medal in a row at the Paralympics this week, while another Iranian athlete set a world record in javelin. Zahra Nemati won gold Thursday in the women’s individual recurve competition, which refers to a type of bow used to shoot a target. Nemati remarkably also won the gold at the 2012 …

AL-Arabia – A senior military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader who served as the country’s highest-ranking military official after the supreme leader for nearly three decades, has died “of an illness,” the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday, with other domestic outlets attributing his death to COVID-19. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via …