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Trump Announces ‘Historic Breakthrough’ Between Israel, UAE

VOA – Israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties as part of a U.S.-brokered deal, President Donald Trump announced Thursday. Trump is calling the agreement the “Abraham Accord” after the father of three monotheistic religions founded in the Middle East — Christianity, Islam and Judaism. It is only the third peace deal Israel has …

Iran: Prisoner Mojtaba Tutunchi Executed at Yazd Prison

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution in-kind) for murder was executed at Yazd Central Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Yazd Central Prison on Wednesday, August 12. His identity has been established as Mojtaba Tutunchi. An informed source told IHR: “Mojtaba was arrested over a fight where his brother in …

Intel: Iran’s navy boards oil tanker near Strait of Hormuz, US says

Al-Monitor – Iran’s navy temporarily seized control of a Liberian-flagged oil tanker in what the United States said were international waters near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. The US-led maritime security coalition in the Gulf released photos of Iran forces fast-roping to the deck of the ship, known as the MT Wila, from what appears to be an Iranian Sikorsky SH-3 …

Iran Threatens Musician With Jail for Encouraging Women to Sing, Dance

newsweek.com – Iranian composer Mehdi Rajabian lives with the constant threat of prison hanging over his head. The 30 year old has already been jailed once for his work, but on Tuesday he was taken to court and arrested again over his latest project: an album featuring music from across the Middle East. The album includes songs by female singers and …

USCIRF Releases Iran Factsheet Highlighting Senior Sanctioned Officials Responsible for Egregious Religious Freedom Violations

Shabtabnews – USCIRF Releases Iran Factsheet Highlighting Senior Sanctioned Officials Responsible for Egregious Religious Freedom Violations Iran Sanctions Factsheet – This factsheet highlights key senior Iranian officials who the United States Department of Treasury has sanctioned for their complicity in severe violations of religious freedom. Two successive administrations have utilized the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and several Iran-specific executive orders over …

iranintl – The secretary of the union of Iran’s university professors warned that the Interior…

iranintl – The Islamic Republic’s Education Minister is criticizing UNESCO’s 2030 Education Ag…

iranintl – The appointment of Jamileh Alamolhoda, the wife of President Ebrahim Raisi, to the …

iranintl – Iran retained its position as the second highest country to imprison writers amid t…

RFL/RE – An Iranian warship equipped with drones and missiles has crossed the equator into the…

VOA – Supporters of two U.S. nationals seen as unjustly imprisoned overseas are raising concer…

RFL/RE – Iran has released the crew of a seized Portuguese-flagged ship linked to Israel but r…

gatestoneinstitute.org – Iran’s Encirclement of Israel, Control of Red Sea, Almost Compl…

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Sohrab Rafieian and Morteza Azimi, two co-defendants on death row…

iranintl – High-ranking officials from the US treasury will travel to Singapore and Malaysia n…

iranintl – Just over two weeks have passed since Israel conducted its surgical strike against …

iranintl – Israel is building a “cyber dome” to counter online threats, in particu…

iranintl – Since the Mahsa protests, Iran’s courts have prosecuted dozens of individuals…

iranintl – US lawmakers Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine) urged the Biden ad…

iranintl – Despite recent public outcry and opposition to the construction of a mosque in one …

Iranwire – On Wednesday, the judiciary of the Islamic Republic executed Anwar Khezri, a Kurdis…

Iranwire – The start of a new crackdown on women in Iran and the deployment of morality police…

Iranwire – Saeed Mousanejad, a master’s student entering his first year at Tehran Univer…

gatestoneinstitute.org – Never before have sanctions been so ostentatiously disregarded withou…

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Nasir Hariri, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for …

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