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Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Hossein Shahbazi, a juvenile offender who was arrested at 17 and sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder during a group fight, is due to be executed in the coming days. In addition to the death penalty being an inhuman punishment and the prohibition of executing juvenile offenders under international human rights law, Hossein’s sentence was …

CHRI – In the latest report on Iran by the UN Secretary-General, the world’s top diplomat stated that the rights situation in Iran “remains of serious concern” and that “impediments to the rule of law and weak justice and accountability mechanisms result in impunity, perpetuate existing [human rights] violations and increase the risk of future violations.” The UN chief continued: “The …

Al-Monitor- 1. Hot take on Iran: Bennett calls for ‘world powers to wake up’ on Raisi, Iran Talks will go on … Incoming Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will continue talks on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal. As we wrote here last week, the economic payday from a revived JCPOA would be a huge boost economically and politically. The JCPOA was wildly popular in Iran. If …

Al-Monitor – Iran appears to have failed to launch a rocket meant to carry a satellite into orbit, according to satellite imagery and a report citing US officials. Imagery collected by Planet Labs and Maxar show what appeared to be launch preparations June 6 at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in north-central Iran. The images also appear to show that a …

Shabtabnews – The Iran National Liberation Front (INLF) under the subject of Peace for Middle East wrote an open letter to US President about Iranian Presidential Elections. The letter states : ” While the world’s attention is focused on formulating a deal with Iran to limit the Islamic regime’s activities in pursuing their development of nuclear weapons, the political suppression …