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iranintl – An Israeli drone killed top Hamas leader Saleh Al-Arouri Tuesday, on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the US killing of IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani. Some hardline commentators in Iran are suggesting that the timing has been deliberate and all the more insulting. Al-Arouri was killed just as state-media in Iran broadcast images of mourners paying homage to Soleimani …

iranintl – Iran’s 84-year-old ruler Ali Khamenei’s recent claim that God once spoke through him has led to sharp criticism and ridicule in the Iranian social media space. On December 31, Khamenei was meeting with the family of former IRGC operative Qasem Soleimani, when he suddenly claimed that more than 20 years ago, he was in the company of a …

VOA – Iran has hanged nine convicted drug traffickers in recent days, state media reported Tuesday, as it keeps up one of the world’s highest rates of execution. Three were hanged at a prison in the northwestern province of Ardabil on charges of “buying and transporting heroin and opium,” the official IRNA news agency said. The other six were executed …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) –  After spending 14 years on death row, Kurdish-Sunni political prisoner, Davoud Abdollahi was executed for charges of moharebeh (enmity against god) and efsad-fil-arz (corruption on earth) in Ghezelhesar Prison. Iran Human Rights condemns the rampant executions, which have intensified in recent months, and calls for immediate international attention to this issue. Director, Mahmoud Amiry-Moghaddam said: “Davoud Abdollahi had been sentenced …

RFL/RE – Dawood Abdullahi, a Kurdish prisoner of conscience, has been executed in Iran’s Qazalhasar prison, local media reports said, after spending more than 14 years in prison. The Ha-Ngao and Kurdpa news outlets reported on January 2 that Abdullahi was executed at the prison in Karaj and that his body has been handed over to family members. News of the execution …