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Iranwire – A political prisoner with multiple health conditions has been held incommunicado for over 60 days in Iran, raising alarm among his family members, who have no information about his whereabouts or medical condition. Akbar Bagheri, arrested in Tehran on November 10, 2024, suffers from various medical issues, including blood-related conditions, intestinal problems, liver issues, and hemorrhoids, according to …

Iranwire – A Swedish-Iranian academic facing execution in Iran has accused the Swedish government of treating him as a “second-class citizen” in a newly released audio message marking his 53rd birthday. Ahmadreza Djalali, imprisoned in Iran since 2016, criticized Swedish authorities for failing to secure his release during recent prisoner exchanges. “Swedish government officials are aware of my situation, but …

Iranwire – Saudi Arabia hosted a high-level diplomatic meeting on Syria’s future that notably excluded Iran and Russia – the two powers that had propped up Bashar al-Assad’s regime for over a decade. The gathering of foreign ministers from 17 nations in Riyadh marks a decisive shift in Syria’s diplomatic orbit, as regional powers move to reshape the country’s future following Assad’s fall. …

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s armed forces shot and killed a Baluch father of three on Sunday night while in southeastern Iran, according to a human rights monitoring group. Aref Kurd, 35, died after security forces opened fire without warning on his Peugeot 405 vehicle on the Joujak-Khash road at around 11:00 PM, the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reported. …

Iranwire – Ebrahim Rasoulianpour, a 45-year-old Kurdish resident, has been detained without formal charges for nearly three weeks, marking another case in a growing wave of arrests targeting Kurdish citizens in western Iran. Intelligence agents arrested Rasoulianpour on December 26 in Piranshahr, according to the Kurdish human rights organization Hengaw. Initially held at an intelligence detention center in Urmia, he …