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Al-Arabia – The United States should explain its links to the Iranian-German national Jamshid Sharmahd sentenced to death in Iran, Tehran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, adding that progress had been made in a prisoner swap deal with Washington. Nasser Kanaani’s remarks came after a US envoy for Iran, Abram Paley, met on Friday with the family of Sharmahd, who was convicted …

iranintl – Regime affiliated Tehran Times has published a “sensitive but unclassified” US government memo allegedly showing three violations of US national security protocols by suspended Iran envoy, Rob Malley. The document, purportedly from Erin Smart, Director of the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Office of Personnel Security and Suitability, cites three reasons for Malley’s suspension: “Personal Conduct,” “Handling of Protected …

VOA – Authorities in Iran have begun legal proceedings against a prominent pop singer over his latest song urging women to take off their mandatory headscarves, the judiciary said Sunday. The action against Mehdi Yarrahi comes almost a year after the death in custody of Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini, 22, triggered months of protests around the country. Amini had been …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Iran Human Rights will be hosting the “Iran: Transitional Justice After the Islamic Republic” conference on 2 and 3 September 2023 in Oslo with the presence of experts, researchers and human rights defenders.  This is the third conference in a series organised by Iran Human Rights with the theme of “Iran in Transition.” The aim …

iranintl – Iran’s economy is facing significant medium-term internal and external risks, the World Bank’s Iran Economic Monitor (IEM) said in its latest report this month. While domestically, “there is a risk of escalating social tensions and strikes in manufacturing,” externally, Iran faces “the possibility of an even weaker global demand for oil, a sharper decline in oil prices, and …