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Habib and Vahid Afkari continue to remain in solitary confinement

Iran-HRM – More than 4.5 months since Navid Afkari was cowardly executed by the clerical regime in Adelabad Prison of Shiraz, his two elder brothers, Habib and Vahid Afkari continue to remain in solitary confinement in that prison. No reason or explanations have been provided for their continued detention. Their family’s inquiries to find out about their conditions has led …

33 executions carried out in Iran in the span of one month

Iran-HRM – 33 executions carried out in Iran in the span of one month The clerical regime’s human rights dossier must be referred to the UN Security Council Two executions carried out in the prisons of Sanandaj and Zahedan on January 18 and 19, brought to 33 the number of prisoners executed in Iran in just one month from December …

Twitter suspends account linked to Iran’s supreme leader following threat against Trump

Al-Monitor – Twitter suspended Friday an account believed to belong to the office of the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The social media giant has taken action against some Iran-related accounts since permanently suspending Donald Trump from Twitter earlier this month when Trump was still president. The account, which had the handle @khamenei_site, tweeted a threat against Trump. The tweet was entitled …

USCRIF condemns Iran’s decision to execute Sunni clerics Amanollah Baluchi and Hafez Abdolrahim Koohi.

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement USCRIF condemned the Iran’s decision to execute Sunni clerics Amanollah Baluchi and Hafez Abdolrahim Koohi. USCIRF Commissioner @g_manchin: "We are appalled by Iran's decision to execute Sunni clerics Amanollah Baluchi and Hafez Abdolrahim Koohi. #Iran must cease its brutal persecution of religious minorities." https://t.co/cBqNkZ2PXu— USCIRF (@USCIRF) January 21, 2021

President Rouhani Branded “A Drug Addict” on State Television

Iranwire – A cleric has accused President Hassan Rouhani of being addicted to opium on state-run television. Speaking on Zavieh [“Angle”], a program broadcast by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Institute of Islamic Culture and Thought representative Ahmad Jahanbezorgi said: ”An official who is smoking opium at home will not go anywhere and his ministers will not be able to contact …

Al-Arabia – The US said on Thursday that it was “very close” to reaching an agreement on the b…

iranintl – Iran is one of the world’s largest jailers of journalists, cementing itself a…

iranintl – In a bid to deny the latest revelations about the state murder of teenager Nika Sha…

iranintl – Israel carried out an airstrike on a target near Damascus Thursday night, in what s…

iranintl – A former Iranian regime operative and ideologue, currently residing in Canada, has …

iranintl – On Teacher’s Day, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic often boasts tha…

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s judiciary executed at least 63 prisoners over the past…

Iranwire – Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh began a hunger strike in Evin Prison on…

Iranwire – The president of Iran’s Shahid Beheshti University, Mahmoud Aghamiri, announc…

Iranwire – Hemin Ahmadi, a 45-year-old Kurdish kolbar, was shot and killed by Iranian border f…

Iranwire – Another student has been summoned by the Evin Prosecutor’s Office for protest…

VOA – Iran is one of the most sanctioned countries in the world. But restrictions imposed by t…

VOA – Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that efforts underway to norma…

gatestoneinstitute.org – “Hamas sees Western countries such as Germany as a refuge in wh…

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Yaghoub Amiri, a man on death row for drug-related charges, was e…

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Ali Ashraf Khani, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Ahmad Heyrati, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for…

iranintl – A Bushehr Teachers Union member, Reza Amanifar, was arrested as Iranian educators t…

iranintl – With an approaching run-off election to fill the final 32 parliamentary seats, and …

iranintl – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned about ‘normalization with Israel’ Wednesd…

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