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Iran Human Rights (IHR) –  At least 15 civil activists, students and environmental activists have been arrested in Marivan, Karaj, Mahabad and Rabat over the weekend. According to Iran Human Rights, at least 15 activists have been arrested by security forces over the last few days. At the time of writing, the reason for their arrests and the charges against …

Al-Monitor – The United States labeled the chief of staff of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units a designated global terrorist Wednesday in the outgoing Trump administration’s latest attempt to isolate Iran’s foreign proxies before leaving office. Abdul Aziz al-Muhammadawi, also known as Abu Fadak, serves as the deputy head of the PMU. The organization officially lies under the authority of the federal government …

Shabtabnews – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo  announced the the first-ever U.S. sanctions on revolutionary courts and judges for their roles in jailing prisoners of conscience, and we keep demanding release of the regime’s hostages. The @StateDept imposed the first-ever U.S. sanctions on revolutionary courts and judges for their roles in jailing prisoners of conscience, and we keep demanding …

Amnesty – Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali has been held incommunicado in Tehran’s Evin prison since 24 November 2020, when he learned that his death sentence for “corruption on earth” (efsad-e fel-arz) was to be carried out imminently. In late December 2020, his family learned that Ahmadreza Djalali’s execution was halted for one month. He remains at risk of execution. View …

VOA – Far from potentially fading into obscurity, one of the world’s most feared jihadist terrorist organizations may be poised for a potential resurgence thanks to an unlikely ally.  Almost two decades after the United States first targeted al-Qaida’s leadership in Afghanistan for carrying out the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the …