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HRW – The Iranian judiciary should immediately halt the looming execution of a member of the Gonabadi Dervish community, Human Rights Watch said today. Iran should also release all Dervish members arbitrarily detained since February 2018. Police Forces at the scene of the clashes, Tehran, Iran February 19, 2018. © 2018 Majzooban-e-Noor The authorities arrested more than 300 members of …

Iran Human Rights –  Two prisoners were hanged in public in Mashhad on rape charges. According to an IRIB News Agency’s report, on the morning of Tuesday, May 15, two prisoners were hanged in public in Mashhad. The prisoners were sentenced to death on rape charges. Only two days before, on Sunday, May 13, another prisoner was executed in public …

Iran Human Rights – Two prisoners were hanged at Urmia Central Prison and one at Ilam Central Prison, located in North-Western and Western Iran, respectively. All of the prisoners were sentenced to death on murder charges.

Al-Monitor – Iraqi Kurds are opening a new chapter in their relations with Iran, seven months after Tehran sided with Baghdad in crushing their ambition for independence following a 2017 referendum in which nearly 93% of Kurds opted to secede from Iraq. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) hosted an Iranian government trade delegation in Erbil during the fourth economic conference …

Al-Minitor – The Sairoon (On the Move) Alliance of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is set to win Iraq’s parliamentary elections — an unexpected outcome that has caught the attention of Iranian media. Over 91% of votes in 16 of Iraq’s 18 provinces have been counted so far, and based on the announced results, Iran-backed Shiite politician Hadi al-Ameri’s Fatah (Conquest) …