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Iranwire – Well-known civil rights activist Sepideh Qoliyan, who is currently serving a two-year prison sentence for “insulting” the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader, says she won’t respond to a summons to answer a complaint filed by a state TV employee. The judiciary summoned Qoliyan to appear at the Kachoi Judicial Complex in Tehran on July 19 to answer a complaint …

Iranwire – Renowned Iranian painter and actor Khosro Hassanzadeh passed away on July 2 after drinking bootleg alcohol, amid a recent surge in cases of fatal alcohol poisoning in the country. Hassanzadeh was born in Tehran in 1963 to a working class family. He studied painting at the Faculty of Art and Persian Literature of Tehran’s Azad University, while being …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO – At least 354 people including six women were executed in the first six months of 2023. 20% of all executions were Baluch minorities. 206 people were executed for drug-related charges, a 126% rise compared to the same period last year. Underlining the accelerated speed of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s execution machine, Iran Human Rights …

amnesty – The Iranian authorities are carrying out a horrific state-sanctioned killing spree under the guise of judicial executions. Those executed include people convicted of drug-related offences, protesters, political dissidents, and members of oppressed ethnic minorities. Call for states to urgently intervene to pressure the Iranian authorities to halt all executions now.   What is the problem?  The Iranian authorities are …

voanews – Paris — Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and former British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Saturday gave their backing to an exiled Iran opposition movement, slamming what it called Western appeasement of Iran’s clerical authorities. They addressed a meeting outside Paris of the People’s Mujahedin (MEK) group, as thousands of supporters of the group staged a rally in …