The wife of Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi recounts the excruciating ordeal his husband went through and the inhumane circumstances under which he has been kept in prison in Germany and Belgium.
Analysis: Historically, a balancing game has kept competing factions in Iranian politics in check, but the rule of Ayatollah Khamenei and President Raisi has solidified the dominance of the populists over the pragmatists within the IRGC and beyond.
Iran's top rights official has lambasted the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran for hailing the conviction of an Iranian citizen by a Swedish court.