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Iranwire – “Let the government be unified and fall completely into its own hands, so that it can be held responsible for everything, good or bad.” Such was the argument of some of those who preferred to stay at home on Friday, June 18, rather than vote in an election whose outcome they believed was already known. A flicker of …

Iranwire – Ebrahim Raeesi is the first president-elect in Iran to have been sanctioned by the United States and the European Union before even entering office. The sanctions against Raeesi relate to his horrifying judicial record and violations of Iranians’ human rights over decades. Amongst other international crimes, he was a member of the Tehran “death panel” that in 1988 sent thousands …

amnesty.org – Responding to the Iranian authorities’ plans on 28 June to execute 20-year-old Hossein Shahbazi, who was convicted of a murder that took place when he was just 17 years old based, in part, on “confessions” obtained through torture, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, Diana Eltahawy, said: “Iran’s authorities must immediately …

Al-Monitor – Sitting before dozens of microphones in his first press conference since the election Friday, Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi fielded questions from domestic and international media. According to his responses, he intends to continue many of Hassan Rouhani’s foreign policies. In regard to the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Raisi said the current negotiating team …

Al-Monitor – Iran wants a guarantee from the United States that it will not leave the Iran nuclear agreement again. “The US must give a guarantee,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters on Monday, according to the semi-official Tasnim News Agency. The United States and Iran are currently participating in indirect talks in Vienna on a possible US return to the Iran nuclear …