Benjamin Naqdi, a martial arts champion from Shiraz and one of those arrested during the January 2026 protests in Iran, has been sentenced to death by a Revolutionary Court in Shiraz on charges of “corruption on earth”.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam defended the talks with Israel that were held at the Pentagon on May 29, 2026.

The United States Department of Justice announced on Thursday, May 28, 2026, that it had issued an indictment against an Iraqi-Iranian dual national identified as Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi.

Human rights organizations have reported the killing of two Kurdish brothers and followers of the Yarsan faith, Mojtaba Veisi and Meysam Veisi, in Dalahoo County in Iran’s Kermanshah Province.

Amid the continuing arrests of Kurdish citizens in Bukan, three women identified as Homayra Aminpour, Shiler Aminpour, and Monireh Khoshnoud were arrested in recent days by security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Two recent reports by The Wall Street Journal and Reuters indicate that European concerns regarding Russia are no longer limited to the war in Ukraine.

Several trading sources, who requested anonymity, told Reuters that exports of India’s premium Basmati rice, whose major markets include Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Iraq, declined by 7 percent during the first four months of the year.

HRANA reported on Tuesday, May 26, that Sara Sepehri, a Baha'i resident of Shiraz, remains in detention at Adelabad Prison more than one month after her arrest, with her legal status still unresolved.

Tasnim News Agency reported, citing an unnamed source described as being close to the Iranian negotiating team, that negotiators from the Islamic Republic are seeking the release of $24 billion as part of a possible memorandum of understanding with the United States.

On Tuesday, May 26, Marco Rubio called for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and warned the Iranian government that if it failed to comply, the strait would be reopened “by any means necessary.”