‘I chose beatings over solitary confinement’

‘I chose beatings over solitary confinement’

this is what it was like to be locked up in prison in Tehran

 

Yahoo News     |     Mostafa Naderi     |     10 September 2021

Last week, leaked surveillance footage showed shocking abuses of prisoners in Iran’s Evin prison. Watching the videos reminded me of my years in Evin – with one notable difference: Continue Reading

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Iran’s new president has blood on his hands

Iran’s new president has blood on his hands

Atlantic Council     |      by Nasser Mohajer and Kaveh Yazdani     |     Sep. 8, 2021

Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative and mid-ranking cleric, was inaugurated as president of the Islamic Republic of Iran on August 5. His election in June was a foregone conclusion as the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, breached conventions to pave the Continue Reading

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Leaked footage shows grim conditions in Iran’s Evin prison

 

 

Leaked footage shows grim conditions in Iran’s Evin prison

AP     |     By JON GAMBRELL     |     August 23, 2021

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The guard in a control room at Iran’s notorious Evin prison springs to attention as one by one, monitors in front of him suddenly blink off and display something very different from the surveillance Continue Reading

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Europeans express ‘grave concern’ over IAEA report on Iran

Europeans express ‘grave concern’ over IAEA report on Iran

AP     |     By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER     |     August 19, 2021

BERLIN (AP) — The foreign ministries of Germany, France and Britain on Thursday expressed “grave concern” over the latest report by the UN’s nuclear watchdog that said Iran continues to produce uranium metal, which can be used in the production of a Continue Reading

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Man accused over Iran prison executions goes on trial in Sweden

Man accused over Iran prison executions goes on trial in Sweden

Reuters           8/10/2021

STOCKHOLM, Aug 10 (Reuters) – About 100 demonstrators gathered outside a court in Stockholm on Tuesday to protest against the Tehran government on the opening day of the trial of a 60-year-old Iranian suspected of war crimes and murder, Swedish news agency TT reported.

Hamid Noury has Continue Reading

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