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Iran Human Rights (IHR) – On Tuesday, January 28, at least 10 death-row prisoners were transferred to the solitary confinement of Rajai-Shahr Prison for execution. According to IHR sources, on Tuesday, January 28, at least 10 prisoners were transferred to the solitary confinement of Rajai-Shahr prison in the Iranian city of Karaj.  Prisoners Behnam Gharadaghi, Nima Dashtyarpour, Mehdi Fotovvat, Sajjad …

CHRI – For the first time, the complete text of Iran’s “Law to Protect the Rights of the Disabled” is available in English. A translation of the Persian-language law by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is accessible below this introduction. Ratified by the Iranian Parliament in March 2018 and published in May of that year, the law remained …

Al-Monitor – Hundreds of Iranian airline passengers experienced extreme panic in a series of back-to-back flight incidents in recent days, fortunately escaping what could have otherwise turned into deadly tragedies. On Jan. 27, a narrow-body MD-83 operated by Iran’s Caspian Airlines skidded off the runway upon landing in the southwestern port city of Mahshahr. After the tires failed to descend upon landing, the aircraft ended up …

RFL/RE – Iranian rapper Amir Tataloo, an underground musician unauthorized by the Islamic republic’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, has been arrested in Istanbul following a request by Iran, Tehran authorities said on January 28. Police spokesman Ahmad Nourian was quoted by Iranian news agencies as saying that Tataloo, whose real name is Amir Hossein Maghsoodloo, was arrested by …

Radiofarda – An Iranian news outlet affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) has revealed for the first time that the Islamic Republic police forces helped to suppress protests in the early days of demonstrations against the Syrian strongman, Bashar al-Assad. Iran’s police chief with his Syrian counterpart Hassan Ma’arouf. Undated. The IRGC-linked Fars news agency, disclosed on January 25 that …