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Al-Monitor – Iran is winning medals at the Paralympics. Amir Khosravani won gold on Monday in the men’s long jump at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Khosravani jumped 7.21 meters (23.66 feet) in the event, which consists of athletes running and then jumping forward into a sandpit, according to the semi-official Tasnim News Agency. The Paralympics occur alongside the Olympic Games and are for …

RFL/RE – Iran’s newly elected President Ebrahim Raisi has appointed a new head of the country’s atomic agency, replacing the nation’s most prominent nuclear scientist with someone with no expertise in the field. State media reported on August 29 that Mohammad Eslami, who previously served as housing and transport minister, will lead the civilian Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.He replaces …

Axios – Former U.S. ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro has joined the State Department’s Iran team as a senior adviser, a senior State Department official tells Axios. Why it matters: Israel is pressing the Biden administration to start discussing a “Plan B” in case diplomacy with Iran fails. Shapiro, who has a personal relationship with many Israeli officials, including Prime Minister …

Iran-HRM – The state security forces raided the homes of detained lawyers two weeks after they were unlawfully arrested along with their colleagues. Security forces raided the homes of detained human rights lawyers, Arash Keykhosravi and Mohammad Reza Faghihi, in Tehran on Wednesday, August 25, and searched their homes to collect or plant evidence to build a case against the …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Relatives of Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani tell IHR he is due to be executed in the coming days. He was sentenced to death on charges of baghy (armed rebellion) without any evidence or a confession. Iran Human Rights calls for his execution to be immediately halted and asks the international community for urgent action to save …