The family and friends of Lennart Monterlos, a 19-year-old German-French dual national who has been detained in Iran, issued a statement demanding information about his whereabouts and the reasons for his arrest. In the statement released on Thursday, July 17, the family and friends of Lennart Monterlos stated that, despite one month having passed since […]| Iran Focus
Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, former Iranian regime ambassador to the United Nations, who became embroiled in scandal over serious accusations of helping justify the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran and charges of sexual abuse and assault during his teaching career in the United States, is now engaging with students in Iran. His biography on […]| Iran Focus
In recent days, as environmental, livelihood, and infrastructure crises—especially water shortages—have intensified across the country, a wave of popular protests has swept through Iran. The failure to address people’s most basic needs has once again turned the streets into scenes of angry outcries. On Wednesday, July 25, residents of the village of Barzanun near Nishapur […]| Iran Focus
Three hundred prominent political and legal figures, along with Nobel Prize laureates, have called for global efforts to prevent a repeat of the 1988 massacre in Iran. These 301 international figures include: Former world leaders, heads of state, ministers, and ambassadors, former UN officials and rapporteurs, and distinguished legal experts, lawmakers and leading human rights advocates, […]| Iran Focus
Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, the judiciary chief of Iran’s regime, announced on the evening of Tuesday, July 22, that approximately 2,000 people had been arrested during what was described as the “12-day war between Iran and Israel.” He stated in a televised interview that the arrests continued even after Israel’s attack. While he claimed that “many” of […]| Iran Focus
Political prisoners in 48 prisons across Iran joined the 78th week of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign by going on hunger strike to protest the issuance and implementation of death sentences. In this week’s statement, the participating prisoners condemned the wave of executions, repression, and violence against the people, stating that the regime’s goal […]| Iran Focus
On Wednesday, July 16, Bijan Kazemi, a political prisoner detained since January 2025, informed his mother during a brief phone call—his first in 12 days of total silence—that he had been transferred to one of the Intelligence Ministry’s safe houses in the city of Qom. This was his first communication since his suspicious transfer from […]| Iran Focus
As part of the ongoing wave of repression and political executions, the judiciary of Iran’s regime issued harsh sentences against five political prisoners on Saturday, July 12. Three of them—Farshad Etemadifar, Masoud Jamei, and Alireza Mardasi (Hamidavi)—were each sentenced to two executions and one year in prison. The other two, Saman and Davood Hormatnejad, were […]| Iran Focus
On Monday, July 21, the European Union issued an official statement sanctioning Hossein Shamkhani, son of Ali Shamkhani—senior advisor to the traitorous Ali Khamenei—for his key role in circumventing oil sanctions on Russia and participating in the so-called “shadow fleet” oil network. The statement describes Hossein Shamkhani as a key player in exporting Russian oil […]| Iran Focus
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