radiofarda – A new batch of US sanctions announced on October 16 targeted some 20 companies and financial institutions that finance Basij Resistance Force, a paramilitary organization linked to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

iran-hrm – The condition of political prisoner Saeed Shah Ghaleh, who was imprisoned for 18 years without a single day of leave, is reportedly very poor.

iran-hrm – An unknown number of teachers have been summoned to Intelligence Ministry’s offices in Tehran, Qazvin, Bojnourd, Saqqez, Marivan, Kermanshah and Aligoudarz after a nationwide teachers’ strike on October 14 and 15.

iran-hrm – 11 civil rights activists who were arrested during the December 2017/January 2018 were sentenced to prison and flogging by the 1st Branch of the Markazi Province Court of Appeal.

iran-hrm – A prisoner was hanged today at Ardebil Prison, northwest Iran. Having been on death row since August 2015, Meysam Saber, 27, was found guilty of murder.