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Al-Monitor — Iran has transferred five US citizens held in Evin Prison to house arrest as part of a long-awaited deal that would involve Tehran gaining limited access to frozen funds and a release of prisoners on both sides.   A spokesperson for the Iranian mission said the Americans’ transfer was part of a “humanitarian cooperation agreement” mediated by a third-party government. …

Iranwire – The Iranian government is widening its clampdown on public, commercial and tourist venues allegedly failing to comply with the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code for women. A bookstore, a clothing shop and a popular amusement park were among the businesses forced to close in recent days for failing to enforce mandatory hijab rules for women. On August 9, the …

Iranwire – It has been almost a year since the murder of Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police and the outbreak of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests, the biggest anti-government movement in Iran since the 1979 revolution. To put down this formidable wave of protests, the Islamic Republic has resorted to actions that, for all practical purposes, have …

Iranwire – Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the chief of the judiciary of the Islamic Republic, has recently promoted two judges with infamous human rights records. Mohammad Movahedi Azad, a former head of the High Disciplinary Court of Judges, has been accused of overseeing the torture and execution of political prisoners. He has now become attorney-general. The previous holder of that post, …

Iranwire – Amin Bazrgar, a renowned Iranian wrestler, went missing in August 2021, a day after he took to Instagram to protest the September 2020 execution of another wrestler, Navid Afkari. “Our silence is a betrayal,” Bazrgar wrote. In September last year, security forces told Barzgar’s family that several of his bones were discovered in a mountain in Shiraz province.  …