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The head of Iran’s Armed Forces Judicial Organization has revealed that indictments have been issued for 26 individuals suspected of having links to the November 30 massacre in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan that saw at least 100 people killed. The November 30 incident, a day that has become known as “Bloody Friday,” was marked by widespread protests over the death …

gatestoneinstitute.org – “It is unacceptable that a U.S. government program, which makes the United States and its allies safer, provides funds to remediate the victims of terrorism, and generates income for the United States in a cost-effective manner has been allowed to languish. United States sanctions should be enforced to the fullest extent of the law. As Iranian oil sales …

Iranwire – Iran’s most prominent Sunni cleric has slammed the way elections are being conducted by the Islamic Republic, saying they have led to the election of “weak managers.”  Molavi Abdulhamid, the Sunni Friday prayer leader of the south-eastern city of Zahedan, said on May 12 that the Iranian people want “free and fair elections, not the type that is being …

VOA – The United States said Friday it was sending reinforcements to the Gulf after what it called increasing harassment by Iran of ships in the oil-rich waters. “The Department of Defense will be making a series of moves to bolster our defensive posture” in the Gulf, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters, saying there would be “details …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – 22 drug and murder death row prisoners, including six women, have been notified of their imminent executions in two prisons in Isfahan. One woman, Samira Abbasi, is a child bride. At least 223 people have been executed so far in 2023.  Warning of the continuation of the unusually high wave of executions in Iran, Iran …