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Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd,  a man on death row for alleged charges of espionage, has been executed. He was arrested in 2018 and wrongly described by some officials and domestic media as the man who “disclosed Qasem Soleimani’s location”. According to state media, Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd’s death sentence was carried out this morning, July 20. He was sentenced …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – There is a growing concern for the imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi’s health, who her brother says was tested for COVID-19 but the test results have not been revealed. According to Iran Human Rights (IHR), over the past week, there has been worrying news regarding Narges Mohammadi contracting COVID-19. This is while the acute lung condition …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Journalist and civil activist in-exile Masih Alinejad’s brother, Alireza Alinejad, has been sentenced to eight years in prison by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court. As well as condemning the conviction, Iran Human Rights (IHR) calls for an end to the harassment of the families of activists living abroad. Iran Human Rights Director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam …

Radiofarda – The devaluation of Iran’s currency has dramatically accelerated in recent days with the rial hitting an all-time low of 260,000 against the U.S. dollar on Sunday, an almost 10,000 rial drop in one day. With the country’s oil exports chocked off by U.S. sanctions, the government has lost its main source of foreign currency income since May 2019, …

Radiofarda – A hardliner member of Iran’s parliament, Majles, has said that he believes “transferring full authority of Iranian islands to China” was included in a proposed 25-year comprehensive cooperation agreement with China. Speaking to the monopolized state-run TV’s Channel One, Mahmoud Ahmadi Bighash insisted that opposition by the people and the Majles aborted the move. Reports concerning the so-called …