Iran-HRM – For 10 years, Saeed Masouri, Iran’s oldest political prisoner, was detained in Rajaie Shahr with Loghman and Zaniar Moradi, who were executed along with Ramin Hossein Panahi on September 8th, 2018 (1). In response to their hangings, Saeed Masouri has written a letter entitled “The Circle of Love and Rebellion.”
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Six Baha’i Community Members Arrested In Shiraz
Iran-HRM – Six Baha’i community members arrested in Shiraz
Read More »Mullahs’ Messengers Say Iran’s Oscar Choice Long On Art, Short On Politics
Radiofarda – Iran’s clapperboard crowd has spent the past two decades amassing international audiences and acclaim, as evidenced by prestigious filmmaking awards from Cannes to California.
Read More »Innocent Man Dies After Police Beating
Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) – On September 11th, Hojat Eghtesadi died after being beaten by police, who contend that his cause of death was a heart attack.
Read More »Blackballed Baha’is: 40 and Counting
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HHRANA) – HRANA has so far confirmed the names of at least 40 Baha’i Iranian citizens who have been denied the opportunity to enroll in university despite successfully placing on the competitive national admissions test.
Read More »Azerbaijani Activist Abbas Lesani Spurns Text-Message Summons
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Abbas Lesani, an Azerbaijani activist and former political prisoner, will not be responding to the SMS he received from Branch 2 of Tabriz Revolutionary Court.
Read More »Lawyer Sues Client’s Trial Judge, Citing Abuse of Criminal Procedure Code
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Mostafa Tork Hamedani, attorney of Hengameh Shahidi, imprisoned journalist and human rights activist, has filed suit against the judge presiding over his client’s case.
Read More »Iran: Juvenile Offender Sentenced to Death
Iran Human Rights – The verdict of Mehrdad, who was sentenced to imprisonment and paying blood money (Diya in Islam) on the charge of murder at the age of 17, was rejected by the Supreme Court and this time he was sentenced to death.
Read More »Secretary General: Iran Engages UN But Intensifies Crackdown on Freedom of Assembly and Speech
CHRI – Following are the summary, introduction, and recommendations of the report of the UN secretary general on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 72/189. The full report can be accessed here or under symbol A/73/299 on the OHCHR website.
Read More »What rial devaluation means for Iranian government
Al-Monitor – The devaluation of Iran’s currency has led to a number of conspiracy theories, one of which focuses on the premise that the government has intentionally devalued the rial in order to improve its own finances.
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