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PANEL EVENT: VICTIMS OF IRAN’S NOVEMBER 2019 BLOODSHED DENIED JUSTICE: PATHWAYS TO ACCOUNTABILITY

Amnesty – To mark the one-year anniversary of a deadly crackdown on nationwide anti-establishment protests in Iran, ARTICLE19, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are hosting an online expert panel on Tuesday 17 November 2020. The event will shed light on the litany of serious human rights violations committed by Iran’s security forces and discuss the international mechanisms urgently needed …

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Recognize Iran’s role in supporting terrorism, extremism: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman

Al-Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz called on the international community to recognize the danger of Iran’s role in supporting terrorism, extremism and sectarianism, a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. “The Kingdom affirms the danger of the regional project by the Iranian regime, and we reject its interference in internal affairs and its …

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Iran state TV airs opposition figure’s purported confession to ‘terrorism’

Al-Arabia – Iran’s state television aired a short video on Wednesday in which a Sweden-based Iranian Arab opposition figure that Tehran said it recently detained abroad appeared to confess to involvement in terrorist attacks. An Iranian lawmaker said earlier this month that Iranian intelligence agents captured Habib Chaab – also known as Habib Eseywed – abroad and took him to the capital …

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Kurdish Political Prisoner Transferred to Jail Far Away From Family

iranwire.com – A Kurdish political prisoner serving a life sentence has been transferred from Kermanshah Prison to Yazd Prison, despite suffering complications from coronavirus and a decline in her overall health. It is the fourth time she has been transferred in the last six months. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, Zeinab Jalalian, who is serving the longest prison term of any …

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Iran’s Enriched Uranium Stockpile 12 Times Higher Than 2015 Limit, Says UN Watchdog

RFL/RE – Iran keeps increasing its stockpile of low-enriched uranium far beyond the limits set in a landmark nuclear agreement with world powers and continues to enrich it to a higher purity than allowed, the UN’s atomic watchdog agency said on November 11.The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in its quarterly report seen by the media that Iran, as …

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