Iran protester tortured, moved from prison to undisclosed site

Senator John Fetterman said on Wednesday the Iranian regime is at its weakest point in decades, calling the moment a unique opportunity for change in the country.

“Iranian regime is the weakest it has been in decades right now and it is a unique opportunity to topple it or install a better way forward for Iran," Fetterman told Newsmax.

Australia stands with the Iranian people in their fight for human rights and democracy, a Australian lawmaker said, condemning the ongoing violence in Iran.

“There have been horrific human rights abuses in Iran against the Iranian people, tens of thousands of people killed, live rounds used against protesters, bodies displayed in the streets, and people even shot in hospitals,” Gabriel Ing, a member of Australia’s House of Representatives told Iran International.

Ing added that Australia, while not a major player in the Middle East, coordinates with like-minded countries, including Canada and the European Union, to hold the Iranian regime accountable through sanctions and diplomatic pressure. He also addressed measures to prevent individuals linked to the IRGC from entering Australia and urged anyone with actionable information to contact authorities.

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday that a diplomatic solution remains possible to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, despite ongoing uncertainty over its enriched uranium stockpile.

“The message is that it’s not impossible to reach an agreement that prevents more destruction, more deaths, and more instability in the region,” Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency told Reuters.

"So what we're trying to express and convince the participants in that negotiation is that it's possible to get where they want to go, which is that there are no nuclear weapons in Iran through a path other than the path of violence," he added.

An Iranian protester sentenced to death, who is the sole guardian of his child, is being held in poor conditions and denied contact with the outside world in Qezel Hesar Prison while facing the risk of imminent execution, sources told Iran International.

Shahab Zohdi, born February 18, 1988, has raised his child alone for the past 15 years after his wife died five months after their child’s birth.

He worked as a motorcycle courier for ride-hailing service Snapp before his arrest and is now 38.

Zohdi was sentenced to death in connection with the alleged arson of a Basij base on Namjoo Street in Tehran, a case in which multiple defendants including Mohammad Amin Biglari, Yasser Rajaifar, Abolfazl Salehi Siavashani, Amirhossein Hatami, Shahin Vahedparast, and Ali Fahim also received death sentences.

Iran has signaled it is prepared to sharply reduce uranium enrichment as part of a draft nuclear proposal, but refuses to transfer its enriched stockpile abroad, an Arab diplomat told Israel’s Kan News on Wednesday.

The draft, expected to be presented at talks in Geneva, would see Tehran lower enrichment from 60 percent to about 3.6 percent and suspend enrichment for seven years, while the US is pressing for at least ten, the report said.

Washington is also demanding that Iran’s enriched uranium be removed from the country, but Tehran insists it will only downgrade the material inside Iran, leaving a key sticking point unresolved, Kan reported.