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Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner who appears to have been sentenced to qisas (retribution in-kind) for murder, has been executed at Khalkhal Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, on the morning of Wednesday, August 20, a prisoner was executed at Khalkhal Prison. He had been transferred to Khalkhal Prison from another prison the day prior to the execution. …

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic Judiciary has summoned a well-known Iranian journalist and a “National-Religious” activist, Kayvan (Keyvan) Samimi, to serve a three-year prison sentence. Publishing a copy of the summons on his channel on the Telegram messaging app, Samimi has announced that he should go to prison on Monday next week. The 72-year-old political activist is charged with “assembly …

Al-Arabia The United States will increase diplomatic consultations over the next month to reimpose the Iran arms embargo because nothing about Tehran’s behavior says they should have the opportunity to buy weapons in October, a senior US State Department official said. Ortagus told Al Arabiya English that there was “nothing about the behavior of the regime in Iran that would …

RFL/RE – UN atomic-agency boss Rafael Grossi says he will travel to Iran on August 24 to seek “concrete progress” in a dispute between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Tehran over nuclear “safeguards” and blocked inspections in Iran.It will be Director-General Grossi’s first trip to Iran since taking over leadership of the agency eight months ago and comes …

Radiofarda – A former coach of Iran’s national soccer team has come under fire for criticizing the Iranian regime’s policy of not recognizing Israel and wishing its annihilation. In a recent online program, Mohammad Mayeli-Kohan said Iran must recognize all members of the United Nations if it accepts the authority of the international organization, and cannot wish the annihilation of …