• Afghanistan bans imports of 4 types of Iranian products
Afghanistan Customs Department has banned the imports of four types of Iranian products, Eghtesadonline reported on Sunday.
The banned items include oil products, cement, steel products, tiles and ceramics from Iran as of Sept. 16.
Ali Shariati, a member of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, said that the ban is said to be aligned with the sanctions reimposed by the United States on Iran.
• US denies secret meeting with Iran
The US embassy in Iraq has denied reports that a US presidential envoy and a top Iranian military commander had met secretly in Iraq.
“The Embassy is aware of false media reports that Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk and an Iranian General met to discuss forming a new Iraqi government. The reports are fake news. No such meeting ever happened,” Charles Cole, the US embassy spokesman, posted on the diplomatic mission’s Twitter account.
• Horrific video shows man hung by crane in Iran as public execution
Iranian social media accounts have shared a video showing a brutal execution of a young man being hanged while lifted with a crane before the eyes of the public.
Human rights activists who shared footage of the incident claimed that it took place on Friday in the city of Marvdasht, southern Iran.
It is reported that the man being executed is 26 years old, and had been imprisoned when he was only 13 years old.
• Zahedan Prisoner Hanged on Drug and Weapons Charges
Arafi Reigi, a 32-year-old prisoner of Zahedan’s Ward 5, was hanged to death early this morning, September 15, 2018.
Reigi had been in prison for six years on charges of drug trafficking and armed clashes, and had always denied the latter charge. According to a confidential source, Reigi was summoned September 12th for a purported transfer to a Ministry of Intelligence detention center. “Instead,” said the source, “he was taken to solitary confinement to await execution.”
• More than 30 Baha’i College Applicants Denied Enrollment for their Religious Affiliation
The number of Iranian Baha’is being denied college-enrollment eligibility despite successfully passing the national admissions test has reached 34, according to Human Rights sources.
“deficiency on file” is the routine excuse for preventing Baha’i students from entering institutes of higher education.