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Iran Human Rights –   Hassan Rezaei, a juvenile convict on death row in Rasht Central Prison, was today (Thursday, December 17) transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for his execution. According to Iran Human Rights, Hassan Rezaei, a juvenile convict on death row in Rasht Central Prison, was transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for his execution at noon on …

CHRI – In a new assault on the already diminished independence of the legal profession in Iran, a new directive has been issued by the judiciary that allows it to investigate complaints against lawyers, sidestepping the Iranian Bar Association’s own tribunal for such investigations and effectively asserting judicial control over any attorney in Iran. The directive will open the door to …

AL-Monitor – During a Dec. 16 televised speech attended by various government officials, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed a number of problems the country is facing, including the nuclear deal and sanctions.  This was Khamenei’s first public appearance since Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump. President-elect Biden has said he would return to the nuclear deal that was signed by the United States in 2015, known …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Hamas’s call on Moroccans to revolt against their leaders contradicts its own declared policy that it does not intervene in the internal affairs of the Arab countries. “Hamas does not meddle in the internal affairs of Arab and Muslim countries,” said senior Hamas official Salah Bardaweel. If true, why is Hamas denouncing Morocco’s decision to establish relations with …

Iranwire.com -The parents of Ruhollah Zam, the dissident journalist executed on December 12, have gathered at their son’s grave to deliver a message: “The world rose up against your oppression.” Photographs of the couple at their son’s grave have been shared widely on both Persian and English-language social media sites. On December 16, Mohammad Ali Zam, Zam’s father, announced on Instagram that the family …