rferl.org – Ali Kazemi, 22, was recently executed in Iran for a murder he allegedly committed when he was 15. Share Executions and death sentences continued to drop globally in 2017 after hitting record-high levels in previous years, with Iran and Pakistan remaining among the world’s top five executioners, Amnesty International said on April 12.
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String ‘Em Up: Iranian Cleric Wants Money Changers Executed Amid Currency Crisis
rferl.org – A senior hard-line Iranian cleric has called for the execution of “several key money changers” to help end the country’s currency crisis.
Read More »Baluch political prisoner denied medical treatment despite poor condition
iran-hrm – Mohammad Jazan Azizi, 21, who is detained in Zahedan Prison on charges of acting against national security was shot down his motorcycle
Read More »Supreme Leaders Uses Fatwa to Silence Widespread Distrust of Domestic Apps
iranhumanrights – Following a recent flurry of public criticism of domestically made messaging apps, Iran’s supreme leader has issued a fatwa calling on the government and the Judiciary to protect citizens’ personal privacy rights.
Read More »Human Rights Watch Demands Writer’s Release
radiofarda – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon Iran’s authorities to immediately release a human rights activist who is suffering medical complications resulting from a hunger strike.
Read More »Angry Iranian Farmers March To Protest Water Shortages
rferl.org – Hundreds of farmers have demonstrated in the Iranian city of Isfahan over the lack of water available to irrigate their fields.
Read More »26 Million Iranians Suffer Absolute Poverty, Says Prominent Economist
Radiofarda – A prominent Iranian economist says 33 percent of the country’s population live in absolute poverty, and six percent are starving.
Read More »Iran’s Casualties In Syria Bombing Risen To Seven
Radiofarda – Iran said Tuesday the number of its soldiers killed in an air strike in Syria this week had risen to seven and that it would not go unanswered.
Read More »Iran’s Velayati Says Israel To Meet ‘Response’ Over Air Base
Radiofarda – The top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Tuesday described a strike on a military air base in Syria as “Israel’s crime” and said it would “not remain without response”, the Lebanese al-Mayadeen channel reported.
Read More »Tehran Mayor’s Resignation Accepted Under Judiciary’s Pressure
Radiofarda – Tehran’s city council accepted former Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi’s resignation at an April 10 meeting, and appointed his deputy, Samiollah Hosseini Makarem, as acting mayor, Iranian news agencies reported.
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