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iranintl – A series of Iranian-backed terror plots targeting Jews and Israeli-linked businesses in Europe were foiled by security services earlier this year, according to an investigation by the German daily Der Spiegel. The thwarted attacks, planned for 2024, involved a criminal network recruited by Tehran to conduct surveillance on Jewish and Israeli targets in Germany. At the same time, …

iranintl – The shift in Moscow’s policy regarding the Zangezur corridor through Armenia has angered Tehran where some see Vladimir Putin’s move as an attempt to prevent improvement in Tehran’s relations with the US. Baku has been demanding a corridor through southern Armenia to connect Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan enclave separated by Armenian territory. As commentators and pundits in Tehran …

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s security forces have arrested another Kurdish man as they intensified a crackdown in Kurdish towns in the lead-up to the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death. The latest arrest brings the total number of detainees to three in Piranshahr city alone. Security forces arrested Ali Hosseinpour, a Kurdish man from the village of Chianeh in …

Iranwire – A Revolutionary Court in Iran’s northern city of Rasht has sentenced two Baha’i women to prison terms and additional penalties. Shiva Kashani-Nejad and Mozhgan Samimi, both residents of Rasht, have been sentenced to two years and one day in prison by the 3rd branch of the Rasht Revolutionary Court. They were sentenced for educational activities and promoting matters …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have executed two prisoners in Shiraz Central Prison amid a rise in death penalties in the Islamic Republic. The death sentences of Ali Danesh, 35, and Akbar Zandi, 40, were carried out on September 1. Both had been sentenced to death for alleged “homicide” by Iran’s judicial system. Both men were arrested on charges of “premeditated …