Iran

At least 23 Iranians in the central province of Isfahan were detained on charges of “publishing rumors about the coronavirus outbreak and disrupting public opinion,” a police force told Avatoday.

An international organization representing Baha’is expressed its concerns over the situation of as far as 100 prisoners of the community being held by Iranian securi

Iranian Supreme Leader’s representative in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds force accused UNICEF of “promoting western lifestyle and destroying the unity of Iranian families.”

Videos from Iran show members of Basiji forces are collecting money from citizens to help fight coronavirus outbreak in the country.

The international human rights watchdog Amnesty International said dozens of Iranian prisoners are believed to have been killed by security forces after brutal force was used to put down protests over fears related to coronavirus spreading in the country’s jails.

US State Department’s top diplomat for the Middle East said on Thursday that pro-Iranian militia pose a “significant” threat to US forces in Iraq.

An Iranian lawmaker has praised IRGCs for downing a civilian Ukrainian on January 8, killing all 176 onboard, soon after conducting a missile attack on the Ain Al-Asad base in Iraq in response to the US assassination of former IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.

Iranian authorities have deployed dozens of anti-aircraft missile systems along the coastline of the Strait of Hormuz, videos received by Avatoday show.

A United Nations rights official on Friday expressed its concern over prisoners after reports of unrest in facilities provoked by worries over a coronavirus outbreak in the country.