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Iran Human Rights (IHR); May 5, 2019: In 2019, by April 30, at least 79 people have been executed in Iran. Only 22 of the cases were announced by Iranian authorities or media. There is a high possibility that more executions have been carried out far from the eyes of human rights defenders. According to the Iran Human Rights (IHR) …

radiofarda – IRGC Commander Hossein Salami says Iran is engaged in an “intelligence war” and that the “Iranian Intelligence community” is active around the clock. “We are engaged in a serious global intelligence war with the enemies around the clock,” said the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) commander during a meeting with Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi and his deputies. The …

radiofarda – The Israeli government has announced that in a targeted attack a man who had been helping transfer millions of dollars from Iran to Gaza militants was killed. Israeli tweets in Persian and Arabic identified the person as Hammed Ahmad al-Khudari (Ghudari) , who apparently was a senior Hamas military field commander. The Israeli government has also published the …

rferl.org – Iran has mobilized all its resources to sell oil on the “gray market,” bypassing U.S. sanctions that Tehran considers illegitimate, Iran’s Deputy Oil Minister Amir Hossein Zamaninia said on May 5. His comments come days after Washington announced that it has decided not to reissue waivers in May allowing importers to buy Iranian oil without facing U.S. sanctions. …

iranhumanrights – Prominent human rights defender Narges Mohammadi was recently taken from Evin Prison to a hospital in Tehran where she was told she needed urgent treatment for several issues but was instead returned to her cell, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. “She was taken to the hospital after becoming ill the previous Saturday [April …