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Children’s Rights Advocates, Mainly Women, Targeted in Crackdown on Anti-State Protests in Iran

CHRI – Women who have devoted their lives to aiding underprivileged and at-risk youth in Iran have come under increasing attack by the Iranian government in its violent campaign aimed at crushing the country’s women and youth-led movement for social and political change. “Islamic Republic authorities are deeply threatened by any independent organization or individual that provides support and hope …

Shabtabnews – In IRFSummit2023 Roya Johnson, a former prisoner and torture victim, delivered a powerful testimony. Roya Johnson, a former prisoner and torture victim, delivers her powerful testimony at #IRFSummit2023: "I stand here today as a witness to the Iranian regime's abuse." She calls on us to hasten the work of bending the arc of the moral universe towards justice, …

jpost – The Turkish authorities plan to deport Iranian woman Maryam Ramezanpour who is seeking asylum in Eskisehir, Turkey back to the Islamic Republic, and she is currently on a hunger strike. The Jerusalem Post has secured information from Uzay Bulut, a Turkish political analyst and research fellow for the Philos Project, who is in contact with a close friend of Ramezanpour. …

Al-Arabia – An Iranian, sentenced to death for allegedly attacking security forces during protests triggered by last year’s death in custody of Mahsa Amini, has been given a stay of execution, the judiciary said Wednesday. Mohammad Ghobadlou was sentenced to death in November after being convicted of “corruption on earth for attacking police in Tehran with a car, resulting in …

Al-Arabia – French special forces recently intercepted a shipment of Iranian-supplied weapons and ammunition destined for the Tehran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing officials familiar with the operation. On January 15, a French warship stopped a suspicious vessel off the Yemeni coast and a French team boarded the ship, discovering over 3,000 assault …

iranintl – High-ranking officials from the US treasury will travel to Singapore and Malaysia n…

iranintl – Just over two weeks have passed since Israel conducted its surgical strike against …

iranintl – Israel is building a “cyber dome” to counter online threats, in particu…

iranintl – Since the Mahsa protests, Iran’s courts have prosecuted dozens of individuals…

iranintl – US lawmakers Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine) urged the Biden ad…

iranintl – Despite recent public outcry and opposition to the construction of a mosque in one …

Iranwire – On Wednesday, the judiciary of the Islamic Republic executed Anwar Khezri, a Kurdis…

Iranwire – The start of a new crackdown on women in Iran and the deployment of morality police…

Iranwire – Saeed Mousanejad, a master’s student entering his first year at Tehran Univer…

gatestoneinstitute.org – Never before have sanctions been so ostentatiously disregarded withou…

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Nasir Hariri, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for …

Al-Arabia – The US said on Thursday that it was “very close” to reaching an agreement on the b…

iranintl – Iran is one of the world’s largest jailers of journalists, cementing itself a…

iranintl – In a bid to deny the latest revelations about the state murder of teenager Nika Sha…

iranintl – Israel carried out an airstrike on a target near Damascus Thursday night, in what s…

iranintl – A former Iranian regime operative and ideologue, currently residing in Canada, has …

iranintl – On Teacher’s Day, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic often boasts tha…

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s judiciary executed at least 63 prisoners over the past…

Iranwire – Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh began a hunger strike in Evin Prison on…

Iranwire – The president of Iran’s Shahid Beheshti University, Mahmoud Aghamiri, announc…

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