Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Iran Is Alarmed by Mutiny In Russia Led by Wagner Group’s Yevgeny Prigozhin

By Ahmad Rafat The mercenary Wagner group’s occupation of the port city of Rostov-on-Don in Russia, on June 23 lasted just one day: Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin halted its march on Moscow after a deal...

Albanian Authorities Enter Mojahedin Camp To Carry Out Searches, Arrests 

By Ahmad Rafat At 8 am (local time) on June 21, hundreds of officers from the Albanian Special Anti-Corruption Structure (SPAK) and the Department of Neutralization of Armed Elements (RENEA) entered camp Ashraf-3 in the...

ANALYSIS: Is the U.S. Resuming Nuclear Talks With Iran?

By Ahmad Rafat There is no shortage of speculation around a new Iran nuclear deal. There are ongoing talks between the Islamic Republic and U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration, which officials of both governments insist are...

ANALYSIS: Iran Has Executed 225 People Since Late March

By Ahmad Rafat The Islamic Republic of Iran has conducted 70 executions in the space of two weeks. It is hanging people at the rate of three a day. Iranian authorities have executed 225 people...

ANALYSIS: Iran’s Revolutionary Movement Poses A Severe Threat to Regime

By Ahmad Rafat The nationwide protests sparked by the September death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini while in the custody of the morality police in Tehran have now subsided. Yet there is ample evidence that the unrest,...

Elahe Tavakolian, Who Lost Eyesight in Iran Protests, Bears Witness 

By Ahmad Rafat The 34-year-old Elahe Tavakolian is one of many Iranians who lost their eyesight after being shot by security forces during the nationwide protest sparked by the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini while...
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VIDEO: Iran Ordered Highest Number of Executions Since 2015 Last Year

By Ahmad Rafat Iran Human Rights,  an Iranian non-governmental organization focusing mostly on the death penalty, presented its 15th Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran in Paris this week, in cooperation with ECPM,...

ANALYSIS: Iran-Saudi Talks Benefit Both Sides, As Well As China 

By Ahmad Rafat China’s role as a peace broker between Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is part of Beijing’s broader political and economic policies to strengthen its influence in the Middle East,...

INTERVIEW: Hunger-Striking Iranian Rights Activist Vahid Beheshti Urges UK Action

By Ahmad Rafat Vahid Beheshti, a journalist and human rights activist, has been on a hunger strike outside the British Foreign Office in London since Feb. 23 in an effort to urge the British government...

Exhibition on Iranian Women’s Protests Opens at Jerusalem Islamic Art Museum 

By Ahmad Rafat Some 52 works by contemporary Iranian artists, active in Iran and abroad, are on show in an exhibition titled “Five-Woman, Life, Freedom” at the Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem through April...