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Iranwire – The UK government has condemned Iran’s recent launch of a military satellite into space, amid concerns that Tehran’s space technology could be used to develop nuclear weapons. The Islamic Republic announced on September 27 it had used the Qased space launch vehicle to put the Noor-3 imaging satellite in an orbit 450 kilometers above the Earth.  In a …

Iranwire – Younes Azadbar, a labor activist incarcerated in the northern city of Rasht, has described his recent hospitalization following an epileptic episode, saying that both his legs and one hand were tied to his bed with “handcuffs and chains.” “I’m Younes Azadbar, a political prisoner in Rasht’s Lakan prison who previously spent 11 years in the prisons of the …

RFL/RE – Iranian security forces have detained hundreds of people as protesters in the country’s southeast marked the first anniversary of the killing of scores of demonstrators in the region, according to a human rights group. Haalvsh, a group that monitors rights violations in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan Province, said on October 2 that at least 216 people, including minors, had been arrested across …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – At least five men including two Baluch minorities, were executed for drug-related charges in Kerman Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, five men including two Baluch minorities were executed in Kerman Central Prison on 1 October. The Baluch men’s identities have been established as Avaz Moradi and Ramezan Khorshid who were …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Hamidreza Khodabandeh who was sentenced to death for security-related charges and four unidentified men were executed in Shiraz Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, five men were executed in Shiraz Central Prison (Adel Abad) on 1 October. One of the men has been identified as Hamidreza Khodabandeh Farsimdan Qashqai who was …