Shabtabnews In this dark night, I have lost my way – Arise from a corner, oh you the star of guidance.

Shabtabnews – The White House on Monday expressed concerns over reports of mass arrests, sham trials and a recent death sentence issued in Iran, where authorities appear to be escalating their crackdown on the anti-government protest movement.  “The eyes of the world are on Iran,” national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement. “The human rights abuses inflicted by …

The ongoing nationwide protests in Iran, sparked by the death of a 22-year old Mahsa Jina Amini while in the custody of the morality police, will soon be entering its third month and there are no signs of consensus between the government and the people. In fact the people and the Iranian regime seem to be further away from one …

RFL/RE – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has fired on targets in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, the latest round of attacks on the area in recent weeks. Iranian media, including, IRNA, Tasnim and the Fars news agency, which is affiliated with the IRGC, said bases of “terrorist groups” in the Kurdish region of Iraq were targeted with missiles and …

RFL/RE – Fresh European Union sanctions will target the “inner circle of power” of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Germany said on November 14 as the bloc convened to respond to what it has condemned as Tehran’s widespread use of force against peaceful protesters. The protests, triggered by the September 16 death of Mahsa Amini in morality police custody, mark one of …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have transferred jailed activist Hossein Ronaghi to hospital as his health deteriorated after he went on a hunger strike, his family says. Ronaghi, an outspoken freedom of speech campaigner, was arrested on September 24 as anti-government protests swept the country and was incarcerated in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, where he had both of his legs broken. …