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Al-Arabia – Radoslaw Sikorski, a former Polish foreign minister, has described Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif as a “Ribbentrop,” referring to Joachim von Ribbentrop who was minister of foreign affairs of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945. “I have a request to the diplomats from our nation states and from our [European External Action Service]. Next time you meet with …

Radiofarda -In Ebrahim Zalzadeh’s last editorial, addressed to the Iranian regime’s strong man, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, he declared, “Dictatorship will not last.” In response, regime forces broke his fingers and, after stabbing him 17 times, cut his artery and dumped his body in the deserts of Yaft Abad, a poverty-stricken district southwest of the Iranian capital city, Tehran. Iranian …

Iran-HRM – Execution in the Central Prison of Qom; 14 others await their verdicts An inmate was executed on Thursday morning, December 17, 2020, in the Central Prison of Qom. The executed prisoner was Shahab Javid. He had been arrested and detained ten years ago in 2010 on the charge of kidnapping and rape. He was sentenced to death on …

Iran-HRM – Anti-riot guards raided political prisoners in Qarchak Prison who are detained in ward 8, taking away Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee. At least 20 male and female guards accompanied the new warden of Qarchak, Soghra Khodadadi, attacking political prisoners in ward 8. They attacked the prisoners in conditions that they did not have proper covering to face male guards. Some of …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner sentenced to death for “rape and kidnapping” has been executed at Qom Central Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, a male prisoner was executed in the early hours of Thursday morning, December 18. The prisoner, who has been identified as Seyed Shahab Javid, had been sentenced to death on “rape and kidnapping” charges. …