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Month: February 2021

Two Baluch protesters including 13-year-old boy shot dead by IRGC

Iran-HRM - At least two Baluch protesters, including a 13-year-old child, were shot and killed today by the IRGC forces…

Judge threatens political prisoner with death penalty one year after his arrest

Iran-HRM - Political prisoner Majid Khademi was threatened with death by the judge in his case. A year after his…

Two men killed by IRGC forces in northwest Iran

Iran-HRM - Two men in Piranshahr in northwestern Iran were shot and killed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)…

73-year-old Retired Pilot Facing Death Penalty Acquitted of Alcohol Consumption

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A 73-year-old man facing the death penalty after being arrested for the fourth time on…

CENTCOM chief warns Iran over strikes on Erbil, Saudi Arabia

Al-Monitor - The top commander of US military forces in the Middle East issued a subtle but unmistakable warning to…

Biden’s CIA nominee stresses China over Iran during Senate hearing

Al-Monitor - CIA Director nominee William Burns said Iran cannot be overlooked, but advocated for a focus on China during…

Botulism Kills 10,000 Birds In Miankaleh Peninsula and Gorgan Bay, Iran

Payvandnews - Some 10,000 bodies of lifeless migratory birds that died as a result of botulism poisoning have been found so far…

IOPHR Statement regarding the responsibility of the Islamic Republic of Iran in protecting the lives of prisoners of conscience

Shabtabnews - Following the murder of a prisoner of conscience, Mr. Behnam Mahjoubi, at the Evin Prison Medical Centre through…

IOPHR Representatives Weekly USCIRF Roundtable

Shabtabnews - In the weekly USCIRF Roundtable IOPHR representative Hamid Gharagozloo’s gives a candid presentation on human rights issues in…

Former Iranian ambassador-turned-academic defended violent Palestinian intifada in 1989

FOX: Oberlin College is facing fresh criticism for continuing to give a platform to a so-called "professor of peace," Mohammad Jafar Mahallati,…