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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Hamidreza Nejati and Mohsen Nejati, an uncle and nephew sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder in the same case, were executed in Rajai Shahr Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on December 28. Their identities have been established as Hamidreza Nejati (pictured) and Mohsen Nejati who …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Davoud Rahmatali, an Afghan national who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Shiraz Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, an Afghan man was executed in Shiraz Central Prison on December 28. His identity has been established as Davoud Rahmatali from Qondouz in Afghanistan. He was sentenced to imprisonment for …

Al-Monitor – A ‘dead’ Iran deal is a good deal for Netanyahu If the Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is “dead,” as US President Joe Biden said in an off-the-cuff remark last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands to cash in. Among Netanyahu’s immediate priorities is addressing concerns in Washington and the region about Israel’s new far-right government. US national …

RFL/RE – Iranian protesters staged fresh demonstrations in several cities to mark the end of the 40-day mourning period for 10 protesters killed by security forces in unrest triggered by the death in September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody. With police standing nearby in the central Iranian city of Semirom, people gathered to mark the end of the traditional …

RFL/RE – Iran has summoned the Italian ambassador to protest what it called “interventionist” policies, the Foreign Ministry said late on December 29, a day after Rome called in Tehran’s envoy over its harsh response to nationwide protests. Tehran summoned Italy’s Giuseppe Perrone to protest “the continuation of the interventionist statements and actions of some Italian officials in the internal …