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Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Mohammad Aziz Mahmoudi, on death row for “premeditated murder”, is scheduled to be executed in Sanandaj Central Prison on Tuesday, June 30. According to IHR, the young man on death row is scheduled to be executed in Sanandaj Central Prison on Tuesday morning, June 30, 2020. The identity of the 25-year-old prisoner, who was sentenced …

CHRI — In an impassioned plea to top UN officials, the father of Pouya Bakhtiyari, who was one of hundreds of demonstrators shot and killed by Iranian security forces during the protests that swept through Iran in November 2019, called on the UN to end the “sterile exchanges” with the Iranian authorities and establish a Commission of Inquiry to investigate and document the government’s …

Al-Monitor – Iran has issued an arrest warrant for President Donald Trump over the US drone strike that killed its most powerful military commander, Qasem Soleimani, Fars news agency reported Monday.  Iran has asked Interpol to issue a red notice for Trump and 35 other unnamed officials the government believes are responsible for Soleimani’s death, the semi-official state news outlet said. …

Al-Monitor – Heated debates during last week’s parliament meeting in Tehran are fueling concerns among millions of Iranians that the newly elected conservative lawmakers are prioritizing restrictions on social media over more urgent economic woes, which they had promised to address upon taking their seats. The session saw Iran’s young Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi cornered and grilled by powerful …

Radiofarda – The spokesman of Iran’s foreign ministry today has complained that Romanian has not provided full information on the death of a fugitive Iranian judge who died in mysterious circumstances in Bucharest June 19. Abbas Mousavi said that there are “ambiguities” surrounding Judge Gholamreza Mansouri’s death and Romanian has still not responded to Iran’s requests for “transparency”. Mansouti who was implicated …