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Month: January 2021

Iran Human Rights Monitor Annual Report 2020 – Torture and ill-treatment of prisoners

Iran-HRM - Torture and ill-treatment of prisoners is a common practice in Iran prisons. Torture is one of the most…

Iranian political prisoner Gholam Hossein Kalbi starts 21st year in prison

Iran-HRM - One of Iran’s longest-serving political prisoners Gholam Hossein Kalbi started the 21st year of his life imprisonment sentence…

November 2019: Which security and militia institutions started violence and shot people?

Radiozamaneh - At midnight on Friday, 15 November 2019, the price of fuel carriers in Iran increased by 200% without…

Iran: Prisoner Farzad Nasser Jourshari Executed in Rasht

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for the “premeditated murder of seven people”, has been executed at…

Iran approves 3-day release for jailed lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

Al-Monitor - Iran has granted a three-day medical release for internationally renowned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, her husband said…

Khamenei Says Iran In ‘No Rush’ To See U.S. Rejoin 2015 Nuclear Deal

RFL/RE - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the country is in no hurry to see the United States…

Iran’s Khamenei Bans Imports Of U.S., British Coronavirus Vaccines Due To ‘Trust’ Issues

RFL/RE - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has announced a ban on imports of U.S. and British coronavirus vaccines,…

Sunni Leader Warns Khamenei of ‘Losing Hope’

Radiofarda - In a letter to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Sunni Friday Imam…

Iran Should Name Commanders Responsible For Downing Ukrainian Plane

Radiofarda - Speaking to Radio Farda, Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister, Yevhen Yenin, said on Wednesday, January 6, that Kyiv is…

EU-China Investment Deal: “It Spits in the Face of Human Rights”

gatestoneinstitute.org - "It is a massive strategic blunder at a time when President Biden will be seeking to put together…