Iran-HRM – Golrokh Iraee violently transferred to the notorious Ward 2A of Evin Prison. Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee has been violently removed from Qarchak Prison and taken by force to the IRGC Intelligence Ward 2A in Evin Prison. Prison guards brutalized Golrokh Iraee by stun guns on Sunday, December 13, 2020. Ms. Iraee had previously refused to go to Ward 2A when she …

VOA – The United States has taken its first public action against Iran for the disappearance of an American on an Iranian island in 2007, sanctioning two Iranian intelligence agents it identified as directly responsible for retired FBI agent Robert Levinson’s abduction and probable death. The US Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington. In …

Iranhr.net – UN human rights experts* condemned the execution of Ruhollah Zam, an Iranian dissident and founder of AmadNews, calling his conviction and execution “unconscionable” and a serious violation of Iran’s obligations under international law.  In July 2020, the Iranian judiciary announced that Mr. Zam had been sentenced to death on the vague charge of “spreading corruption on earth”. Iranian authorities …

Al-Monitor – With President-elect Joe Biden signaling that the United States will reenter the nuclear deal that limited Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has signaled that his administration would not be deterred in fully rejoining the deal as well. “The administration will not allow anyone to delay the end of sanctions, and some want this …

Iranwire.com – The French foreign ministry has pulled out of the Europe Iran Business Forum conference in protest against the execution of dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, which it described as “barbaric”. The conference was due to take place from December 14 to December 16. Austria and Germany also announced that they would not be participating. Following these announcements, the Europe Iran Business …

VOA – A court in Iran has handed a nine-year jail sentence to British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady, after convicting him of conducting subversive research work, the semi-official news agency Tasnim said Sunday. Ahmady was also fined 600,000 euros ($727,000), the sum Iranian authorities said he received for his research from institutions accused of seeking to topple Iran’s Islamic government, Tasnim …

VOA – Iran on Sunday summoned the envoys of Germany, current holder of the European Union’s rotating presidency, and of France over criticism of the execution of an Iranian journalist, Iranian media reported. The Foreign Ministry voiced Iran’s protest to the two ambassadors over French and EU criticism of the execution on Saturday of dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who had …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Two days after the execution of dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is scheduled to give a joint keynote speech at the EU-Iran Business Forum with Josep Borell, High Representative of the European Union. Iran Human Rights calls for stronger reactions to Zam’s execution by the international community. The verbal condemnations by the …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Two prisoners sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, have been executed at Esfarayen (North Khorasan). Quoting Mr Nadernejad, the Esfarayen Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor, the North Khorasan branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) reported that the death sentences of two prisoners had been carried out. While the news was announced this morning, …

Shabtabnews – On 10th December IOPHR held a webinar titled “From Conflict to Unity – Learning from Beacons of the Past”, with the aim to commemorate the International Human Rights Day, as well as to celebrate the lives of four renowned human rights advocates in history namely: Mahatma Gandhi, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Teresa and Dr Noor Ali …