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Iran-HRM – Man, deprived of fair due process executed on alleged rape charges A man who had been sentenced to deaht three times on charges of rape was hanged today in Adelabad Prison of Shiraz. The man, identified as 25-year-old Behzad Adl was transferred to solitary confinement along with three other death row prisoners to await his death sentence.Behzad Adl …

Iran-HRM — Iran’s judiciary chief, Death Commission Judge Ebrahim Raisi declared his candidacy on Saturday for next month’s presidential election. “I have come as an independent to the stage to make changes in the executive management of the country and to fight poverty, corruption, humiliation and discrimination,” Raisi was quoted as saying in a statement by local media. Appointed by …

Iranwire – IranWire has received a four-minute, nine-second audio recording of the charges read against and execution of four generals acting under the Shah in the immediate aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Those killed were General Nematollah Nassiri, the then-head of Savak (the Shah’s secret police), General Mehdi Rahimi, commander of Tehran Police and Tehran’s then-military commander, General Reza Naji, …

Iranwire – A number of Iranian athletes, coaches and sports veterans have disavowed a statement in support of Ebrahim Raeesi that was attributed to them by a hardline news website. Jahan News, a conservative-aligned media outlet, claimed on Monday, May 10 that a group of sporting champions and bosses had issued a joint call for Iran’s chief justice to run …

Iranwire – The Statistical Center of Iran published its  Iranian Labor Force Census for the Persian calendar year 1399 on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The report suggest that for the first time in the last 15 years, the unemployment rate has reached single digit-figures and now stands at 9.6 percent. The decrease in the unemployment rate in 2020-2021 has made headlines in Iranian …