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Iranwire – Behnaz Amani, a poet, writer, and assistant professor at Tehran University, endured 46 days of detention in Qarchak prison following the nationwide protests in 2022.  Reflecting on her experience, she hopes the recent report from the UN fact-finding mission will compel the Islamic Republic to be held accountable. Amani’s ordeal began on October 20, 2023, when security forces …

RFL/RE – The Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran is preparing to resume operations, according to Iran’s ambassador to Baku, signaling a potential thaw in relations between the two countries. In a statement to Baku TV, Iranian Ambassador Abbas Musavi said preparations for the reopening are under way, with an Azerbaijani delegation already having made the journey to Tehran. He did not give a …

VOA – Iran on Sunday sealed contracts worth billions of dollars with domestic companies to boost its oil production in the face of Western sanctions. In a ceremony broadcast on state TV, the oil ministry and Iranian businesses signed deals worth $13 billion to increase daily oil production in six major fields. Shana, the official news agency for the oil …

Amnesty – Amnesty International calls on member states of the Human Rights Council to renew of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran and extend the mandate of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran. View Report in English DOWNLOAD PDF

Iran-HRM – Mehran Akrami, a Kurdish citizen from Takab city, who was arrested during the nationwide protests of 2022 by security forces in the city of Saqqez, lost his life under the torture of the security forces at the Intelligence Office of this city. This citizen has been held in the detention center of Saqqez Intelligence for 16 months without …