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(AP) — Iran on Thursday passed the grim milestone of 40,000 coronavirus deaths, with the latest 10,000 added in less than a month, as the country struggles to contain its most widespread wave of infection yet. The Iranian health ministry announced 457 new fatalities on Thursday, along with 117,517 new infections, pushing the total case count past 726,000, although officials …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …