Iran

Official coronavirus statistics in Iran: The number of victims reached about 54,000

Sima Sadat Lari, a spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health, says that over the past 24 hours, 191 patients with coronavirus have died...

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Domestic violence: Murder of a woman by her husband in Tonekabon

A man who had killed his wife three months ago and fled has been arrested by Damavand police and taken to Tonekabon County.

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Judiciary appoints Ruhollah Zam as lawyer for Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmehed

Ghazala Sharmehed: No one we trust has yet met with my father. Saturday, August 11, 2020…

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Suicide of a 12-year-old child in Salas Babajani

A 12-year-old boy from the village of Jujar, in the central district of Salas Babajani County in Kermanshah Province, was killed for unknown reasons.

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Evin Prison; Afsaneh Azimzadeh continues to be detained in the IRGC Intelligence Detention Center

Afsaneh Azimzadeh, a child rights activist, is still being held in the Intelligence Detention Center, 7 days after her arrest.

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Iran announces first phase of human testing of "Iranian Corona Vaccine" with 56 people

A member of the scientific committee of the Coronavirus Response Headquarters says that the first phase of human testing of the "Iranian coronavirus vaccine" will likely begin this week...

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Punishment for union protest: Another worker, Maziar Seyednejad, was sentenced to 3 years in prison.

Labor activist Mazyar Seyednejad was sentenced to 3 years in prison solely for participating in union protests and accompanying protesting Haft Tappeh sugarcane workers.

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Efforts in the Islamic Consultative Assembly for a Presidency for a Military Member; Iranian Parliament Opposes Ban on Military Registration in Elections

At the same time as the Islamic Consultative Assembly is reviewing the electoral law reform bill, this institution, which is in the hands of conservatives approved by the Leader…

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