iranintl – Renowned Tehran academic Mohammad Fazeli suggests that Iran could incur a loss of 35 quadrillion rials (roughly $60 billion) if the United States were to target its power plants in an attack. Fazeli, responding to a hypothetical scenario during an interview with Khabar Online website in Tehran regarding a potential US attack on Iran’s infrastructure, estimated a loss of roughly …
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18 March
Holy Land Grab! Khamenei’s Man Embroiled In Corruption
iranintl – A case of a large land grab by Tehran’s interim Friday prayer Imam, Kazem Sedighi, has sparked uproar in Iran, adding to the growing list of corruption scandals implicating regime insiders. Sedighi, a cleric trusted by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, found himself embroiled in controversy following the publication of documents in recent days revealing that he and his …
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18 March
UNHRC Begins Reviewing Iran’s Human Rights Violations
Iranwire – The UN Human Rights Council has started to review Iran’s human rights situation after the presentation of UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman’s report. Representatives from Canada, Belgium, and the United States led the discussion on Monday, condemning human and women’s rights violations, suppression of protests, executions, and pressure on journalists. The Islamic Republic objected to the American representative’s …
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18 March
‘Politicized’: Top Iranian Official Refutes UN Fact-Finding Report on 2022 Protests
Iranwire – Kazem Gharibabadi, Deputy for International Affairs of the Islamic Republic’s judiciary and head of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights, dismissed the findings of the United Nations fact-finding mission on Iran’s 2022 protests. He called the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that produced the report a “so-called fact-finding mission” and accused its members of “politicizing human rights and …
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18 March
Iran Used AI to Monitor Protesters, Says Head of UN Fact-Finding Mission
Iranwire – Sara Hossain, the head of the United Nations’ independent fact-finding mission on Iran’s 2022 protests, said the Islamic Republic’s authorities had utilized artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor protesters on social media platforms as she presented her report during a session of the UN Human Rights Council Monday in Geneva. Highlighting that “comprehensive investigations into human rights violations following …
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18 March
Iran Sentences Journalist to Over 6 Years in Prison
Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s authorities have sentenced journalist Ali Moslehi to six years and two months in prison, his lawyer said. According to lawyer Saeed Gholamian, the Kashan Revolutionary Court sentenced Moslehi to 15 months and one day in prison for “insulting the leadership” and to seven months and one day for “propaganda against the Islamic Republic.” In a …
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18 March
‘Defendant Did Not Express Remorse’: Suspicious Deaths of Young Protesters After Release from Prison
Iranwire – During the nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody in 2022, thousands of people were detained in Iran. Among them, dozens died under suspicious circumstances shortly after their release from prison. While the Iranian media attributed some deaths to suicide, the mysteries surrounding others remain unresolved. This report explores the stories of these young individuals, …
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18 March
‘Justice and Accountability’: Iran’s Protest Crackdown Victim as Witness at UN
Iranwire – Zaniar Tondro, a victim of the bloody crackdown on Iran’s nationwide protests in 2022, views the United Nations fact-finding mission’s report as “a stride toward justice and accountability.” The summary of the fact-finding committee’s report on the Islamic Republic’s actions was released on March 8. On Monday, a meeting will start to scrutinize the specifics of this report, …
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18 March
‘Start of Our Legal Battle’: Iran Protest Detainee Testifies at UN
Iranwire – Keyvan Samadi, 25, one of the detainees of the nationwide protests of 2022, endured various forms of physical, sexual, and mental torture during his 21-day confinement in a clandestine detention center. He said he suffered humiliation, verbal abuse, and repeated beatings. Presently, Samadi is attending the Human Rights Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters to testify as …
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18 March
Iranian Professor Detained After Protests to Testify at UNHRC, Hopes for Justice
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 …
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18 March
Baku Said To Be Preparing To Reopen Tehran Embassy After Attack
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 …
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18 March
Iran Inks Big Contracts to Increase Oil Production
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 …
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18 March
Oral Statement – Interactive Dialouge with with the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran – 55th session
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
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18 March
Mehran Akrami, one of the detainees of the nationwide protests in 2022, lost his life under torture
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 …
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18 March
Joint Statement by 43 Rights Groups to the 55th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Iranhr.net – 43 Iranian and international human rights organisations called on UN Human Rights Council Member States to support the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the extension of the mandate of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFMI) …
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18 March
Public Executions in 2023
Iranhr.net – This is an extract from the 2023 Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran. To read the full report, please click here. For 45 years, Iran has been one of the few countries to carry out executions in public spaces. Public executions have been repeatedly criticised by the international community and domestic civil society in Iran. Both the …
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18 March
Execution of Ethnic Minorities in 2023
iranhr.net – This is an extract from the 2023 Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran. To read the full report, please click here. ETHNIC MINORITIES As this report and previous annual reports demonstrate, ethnic minorities in Iran are overrepresented in death penalty statistics. Furthermore, with 25 executions per million inhabitants, Sistan and Baluchistan province had the second highest number of …
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17 March
Newly Elected Iranian Hardliners Try To Assert Their Influence
iranintl – Newly elected ultraconservative lawmakers are poised to leverage Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf’s credentials in order to protect a hardliner threatened with exclusion from parliament by the IRGC. All elected and re-elected members of parliament need to have their mandates approved first by the investigative committee and then in full session of the newly elected legislature. Ghalibaf’s saga started when …
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17 March
Israel Hits Damascus As Iran Hints At Giving Syria Weapons
iranintl – Israel struck multiple sites in Syria hours after Iran hinted that it would give Syria weapons to “boost” its military power. In a meeting between the defense ministers of Iran and Syria Saturday, the Iranian official said his country is willing to “utilize its full capabilities” to help Syria strengthen its “defense and deterrence” against Israel and the …
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17 March
Many Iranians Cite Regime Change As Norouz Wish
iranintl – As Norouz approaches, many Iranians shared their hopes and aspirations with Iran International, underscoring the obstacle posed by the current regime to the realization of a free and prosperous Iran. In the final days of the current Iranian year 1402 (ending March 20), Iran International reached out to its audience to inquire about their hopes for the coming …
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17 March
Turkey Detains Iranian Over Running Betting Sites, Money Laundering
iranintl – Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced the arrest of an Iranian citizen for his involvement in illegal betting sites, money laundering, and organized crime. In addition to the main character, Sa’dollah Amirshaghaghi, three other people have also been detained in connection with the case, and six people are being sought, Yerlikaya wrote on X on Saturday. Amirshaghaghi, …
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17 March
Iran’s Medical Council Warns Of Doctor Shortage Due To Emigration
RFL/RE – Iran’s Medical Council in a March 16 report warned that the country is facing a shortage of doctors, especially pediatric surgeons, because of the increasing number of physicians emigrating from the country. The nongovernmental organization’s report cited the ongoing economic crisis in Iran as a key reason for medical personnel choosing to leave. Mohammad Raiszadeh, head of the …
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17 March
Iranian Religious Scholar, Women’s Rights Activist Arrested, Husband Says
RFL/RE – Sedigheh Vasmaghi, a prominent Iranian religious scholar and political activist, has been arrested by plainclothes security agents, her husband, Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh, said on March 16. Vasmaghi was arrested at her home by four agents — three men and a woman – with what they said was a court order. They seized her laptop, medications, and her cane, her …
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17 March
US Sanctions Network Smuggling American Tech to Iran’s Central Bank
VOA – The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled sanctions against a network of companies and individuals for facilitating illegal technology transfers from dozens of U.S. firms to Iranian entities, including the country’s central bank. The sanctions relate to Informatics Services Corporation (ISC), the technology arm of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), the Treasury Department said in a statement Friday. It …
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17 March
VOA Exclusive: Iran Political Prisoners Attacked by Other Inmates
VOA – Inmates at Iran’s notorious Evin prison in Tehran allegedly assaulted a group of political prisoners on Friday as part of an ongoing practice reportedly orchestrated by prison officials, VOA’s Persian Service has learned.Assailants assaulted political prisoners with their fists on Friday, leading to bruises and other visible injuries, according to reports. The attackers also reportedly labeled the political …
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17 March
Foreign and Dual Nationals Executed in 2023
Iranhr.net – This is an extract from the 2023 Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran. To read the full report, please click here. FOREIGN CITIZENS Afghans constitute the largest group of non-Iranian execution and death row cases in Iranian prisons. In 2021, no execution of Afghan nationals was recorded until September, when five men were executed in the space …
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16 March
Iranian Politicians Worried About Rising Radicalism After Elections
iranintl – An increasing number of Iranian politicians have sounded alarms regarding the resurgence of the menace they call the “Ahmadinejad Era” in recent articles and interviews. Political activists from various ideological backgrounds have cautioned against the resurgence of radicalism in Iranian politics following the victory of ultraconservatives in the parliamentary elections. Ashraf Boroujerdi, a former presidential aide during President …
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16 March
A Tale Of Resistance: The Islamist Regime’s Failed Attempt To Islamize Nowruz
iranintl – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will not give a speech in Mashhad on the occasion of Persian New Year’s Day (Norouz or Nowruz) – with the cited excuse that this year, the Islamic fasting month Ramadan coincides with the ancient Persian festivities. But, the cancellation of the speech – meant to have taken place at the mausoleum of …
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16 March
Iranian Workers Left Hanging As Talks On Minimum Wage Stall
iranintl – Negotiations to determine the minimum wage have stalled, leaving workers dangling about their future just five days before the Iranian New Year. Mehdi Bagheri, the workers’ representative in Iran’s Supreme Council of Labor, said the council’s meeting on Wednesday failed to reach a final decision regarding the minimum wage as both the representatives of employers and the government …
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16 March
Iran Continues Denial Of UN’s Crimes Against Humanity Charges
iranintl – Tehran is doubling down on its rejection of a UN report that found the regime committed crimes against humanity during its crackdown on nationwide protests. The Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights, Kazem Gharibabadi, accused Western countries of influencing the decisions of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council – and reiterated that the Council does not …
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