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Iran Human Rights – At least 10 prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement and are scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, April 21, or Wednesday. Iran is one of the few countries implementing executions despite the Coronavirus pandemic. According to Iran Human Rights (IHR) sources, 10-12 death row prisoners, mainly sentenced to death for murder charges, were transferred to solitary …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Authorities in Iran have scheduled the execution of a juvenile offender identified as Shayan Saeedpour for Tuesday, April 21. IHR calls for the international community’s urgent reactions. IHR’s director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said, ”international pressure is the only means to stop Shayan Saeidpour’s execution.“ According to IHR sources, Iranian judicial authorities notified Shayan Saeedpour’s lawyer that …

gatestoneinstitute.org – How on earth it is in the US “national interest” to allow a regime that is kidnapping and killing Americans and their allies, and planning to attack US diplomatic facilities, to receive billions of dollars in aid? An additional problem, based on a pattern for which Iran has only itself to blame, is that there is no evidence …

Radiofarda – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged the United Nations Security Council to extend the international arms embargo on Iran, set to expire in October. In a tweet on Saturday, April 18, Pompeo asserted that lifting the sanctions imposed on Tehran may give rise to violence in the Middle East. “The arms embargo on Iran – the …

Radiofarda – The representative of a pro-Iran Shiite armed militia in Iraq has announced that members of the group are in Iran to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. Abbas Mousavi who represents the Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (Movement of the Party of God’s Nobles) militia group in Iraq confirmed the presence of its members in the religious city of Qom, Iran’s …