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The Swedish Supreme Court upheld on Wednesday the guilty verdict and life sentence of Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian official convicted for his involvement in a mass execution of political prisoners in Iran in 1988. Nouri was previously arrested in 2019 at a Swedish airport on charges of grave violations of international law and 24 [...]

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden issued a statement on Wednesday confirming the summoning of an Iranian diplomat to Stockholm. The move comes in response to the ongoing legal disputes between the two nations, particularly regarding the arbitrary detention of Swedish citizens in Iran and the recent missile strike on Erbil, Iraq. Sweden reiterated [...]

Spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry Nasser Kanaani stated in a news conference Monday that Iran will continue to seek the release of former Iranian official Hamid Nouri, whose conviction and sentence of life in prison for human rights abuses in Sweden was upheld last week in the Svea Court of Appeal. Kanaani stated that the [...]

The family of EU Diplomat Johan Floderus continue to push for his release as the Swedish citizen turns 33 in Iranian prison. The family of detained the Swedish native  released a statement on Sunday appealing for his release from Iran. He was first arrested on 17 April 2022 at Tehran Airport. Since then, Floderus has [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Tuesday shared its deep worrying concern about the Iranian security forces’ violent response against Mahsa Amini protesters and reports of arbitrary arrests. OHCHR reported that 23 children have been killed by live ammunition, metal pellets at close range and fatal beatings.  The protests in [...]

Iranian authorities’ mass execution of political prisoners in 1988 amounts to crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Wednesday. In 1988, thousands of political prisoners were “summarily and extrajudicially executed” by Iranian authorities. The approximate number of executions is between 2,800 and 5,000. The report highlighted that evidence shows that Iranian authorities [...]

The Iraq Parliament approved a law "Forbidding the import, manufacture and sale of all kinds of alcohol drinks." Until this time, alcohol has been made readily available in shops, bars, restaurant and hotels in Baghdad and in some...

People began protesting in Baghdad this weekend demanding a new government amid the third parliament session cancelled this week as officials discuss political reforms. The session of parliament was cancelled because the chambers could not be secured ...

Iraq's cabinet on Sunday approved a proposal by Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi to reduce the number of top political positions, decrease spending, and restart a corruption investigation program. A vice presidential position currently held by former...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday released its annual World Report , in which it criticized the role of Middle Eastern governments in sustaining the Islamic State (IS). HRW Executive Director Kenneth Roth credited much...