Shabtabnews In this dark night, I have lost my way – Arise from a corner, oh you the star of guidance.

rferl.org – A popular Iranian rapper has been released on bail after spending more than a year in jail for supporting a wave of antigovernment protests sparked by the death in custody of Masha Amini. Toomaj Salehi, 32, posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on November 18 that he had been freed the same day that the country’s Supreme …

rferl.org – Iran shouldn’t become involved in the war in the Gaza Strip, a prominent Iranian politician cautioned in Tehran on November 18 in remarks to the Etemad newspaper. “Those in Iran who want to enter the Gaza war should know that this is precisely what the Zionist regime wants,” Gholam Ali Hadad Adel said, using Iranian terms for Israel. …

iranhumanrights – An arbitrarily detained woman, facing unjust imprisonment in Iran, has provided a detailed account of her violent abduction amid mass arrests of peaceful protesters who were beaten and coerced into signing forced confessions, as per testimony obtained by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “I had been abducted. The others whom I was talking to were …

iranintl – An Iranian official has acknowledged that the country’s net electricity export has reached zero, due to internal power deficit. Official statistics indicate that during the last three years, Iran’s electricity exports were plunging gradually, while imports increased. Mohammad Elahdad, the Deputy for Transmission and Foreign Trade at the Energy Ministry, said on November 15 that now the net …

iranintl – The Islamic Republic’s government has warned travel agencies in Iran against marketing tours abroad featuring concerts by California-based Iranian pop singers. The directive, issued by the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts of Tehran Province, targets tours marketed by Iran-based agencies that include performances by diaspora singers that usually take place in neighboring countries. The action …