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How one Tehran hospital became a window into Iran’s January massacre

How one Tehran hospital became a window into Iran’s January massacre

Alghadir hospital in east Tehran is one of the places where the January massacre could be seen in full: a five-body morgue overflowing, blood on the floors, and families searching through blankets and body covers for the people they loved.

Iran executes man over accusations of spying for Israel

Iran executes man over accusations of spying for Israel

Iran executed Ehsan Afrashteh on Wednesday on accusations of espionage and intelligence cooperation with Israel, the judiciary’s Mizan News reported.

Iranian poet faces execution after review of death sentence denied

Iranian poet Peyman Farahavar remains at risk of execution after the country’s Supreme Court rejected his request for judicial review, a rights group said on Tuesday.

Iranians told to post pro-government content to regain internet access

Some Iranians say security bodies blocked their internet or SIM cards over alleged online activity against the Islamic Republic, then demanded pro-government posts, written pledges and guarantors to restore access, according to messages sent to Iran International.

Islamic Republic denies visits to eight female political prisoners

Islamic Republic denies visits to eight female political prisoners

Eight women political prisoners held in Tehran’s Evin Prison have been barred from meeting family members and lawyers following tighter security measures and pressure linked to collective protest activities inside the ward, according to information obtained by Iran International.

Scholars warn Iranian academia is being crushed by war and repression

Scholars warn Iranian academia is being crushed by war and repression

A prominent international academic organization focused on Iranian studies has urged the United Nations and the European Union to condemn US-Israeli attacks on universities and educational institutions in Iran during the March and April conflict.

Iran executes another political prisoner on spying charges

Iran executes another political prisoner on spying charges

Iran executed political prisoner Erfan Shakourzadeh after convicting him of cooperating with US intelligence and Israel’s Mossad, the judiciary-linked Mizan news agency reported on Monday, as rights groups warn of a sharp rise in executions tied to political charges.

Alarm grows over health of Iran’s female political prisoners

Alarm grows over health of Iran’s female political prisoners

Rights activists have raised renewed concerns over the health of prominent female political prisoners after Nobel Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was transferred to a hospital in Tehran and reports emerged of worsening conditions for jailed activist Fatemeh Sepehri.

Iran steps up crackdown on Baha’is with raids, arrests

Iran steps up crackdown on Baha’is with raids, arrests

Iran’s security and judicial authorities have stepped up a crackdown on the Baha’i religious minority with arrests, home raids, and property seizures across several cities in the country, people familiar with the matter told Iran International.

Top Iranian graduate student faces imminent execution, activists warn

Top Iranian graduate student faces imminent execution, activists warn

Iranian activists are warning that a top aerospace graduate student sentenced to death on espionage charges may face imminent execution after being transferred from Tehran’s Evin prison to Ghezel Hesar prison, a facility associated with executions.

Internet shutdown pushes Iranians onto distrusted domestic apps

Internet shutdown pushes Iranians onto distrusted domestic apps

Many Iranians have been forced onto distrusted domestic apps after authorities cut global internet access, disrupting education and business while exposing users to slow speeds, censorship and surveillance fears.

How to beat Iran’s internet kill switch

How to beat Iran’s internet kill switch

Washington and the tech industry have the means to help Iranians: expand the tools that bypass censorship and raise the price Tehran pays for shutting the internet down.

Women protesters held in basement ward at northeastern Iran prison

Women protesters held in basement ward at northeastern Iran prison

At least 30 women detained during recent protests and a security crackdown linked to Iran’s conflict with the US and Israel are being held in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions at Vakilabad prison in northeast Mashhad, the rights group HRANA reported.

Two medical staff detained on security charges in Iran

Two medical staff detained on security charges in Iran

Iranian security forces arrested a doctor and an anesthesia nurse from a hospital in Najafabad, in central Iran, on Saturday on security-related charges, Iran International has learned.

Iran secretly buries executed Swedish citizen at site linked to mass graves

Iran secretly buries executed Swedish citizen at site linked to mass graves

Iran's security agents secretly buried the body of Iranian-Swedish citizen Kourosh Keyvani in the Khavaran area outside Tehran after he was executed in March on charge of spying for Israel, sources familiar with the matter told Iran International.

Iran bars jailed British couple from seeing each other

Iran bars jailed British couple from seeing each other

British couple Lindsay and Craig Foreman, sentenced to 10 years in prison on espionage charges in Iran, have been barred from visiting each other in Tehran’s Evin prison for three weeks, sources familiar with the matter told Iran International.

Abroad they talk, at home they hang

Abroad they talk, at home they hang

One thing never stops here: executions. War or no war, talks or no talks, crisis or calm, the machinery moves at its own pace: steady and unbroken, as if insulated from everything else.

Islamic Republic puts another political prisoner to death

Islamic Republic puts another political prisoner to death

The Islamic Republic executed another political prisoner in Urmia prison on Sunday, the judiciary reported, identifying him as Mehrab Abdollahzadeh.

‘Permit for a terrorist’: Canada opposition asks who cleared ex-IRGC official’s entry

‘Permit for a terrorist’: Canada opposition asks who cleared ex-IRGC official’s entry

The Canadian opposition has accused the government of bypassing its own rules after Iran International reported that an IRGC-linked Iranian football official was granted special permission to enter the country despite being inadmissible.

Two more men hanged in Iran as authorities ramp up executions

Two more men hanged in Iran as authorities ramp up executions

Iran executed two more men on Saturday after the Supreme Court upheld their death sentences for spying for Israel and cooperating with the Mossad intelligence service.

Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate hospitalized after losing consciousness twice

Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate hospitalized after losing consciousness twice

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was urgently transferred from Zanjan Prison to a hospital on Friday after losing consciousness twice and suffering a severe deterioration in her health, her lawyer and the Narges Foundation said.

Tehran residents face eviction from hotels after war damage

Tehran residents face eviction from hotels after war damage

Dozens of residents in Tehran displaced by a 40-day war with the US and Israel said municipal authorities ordered them to vacate temporary hotel housing despite unsafe homes and limited aid, according to interviews published by Etemad newspaper on Thursday.