Attack on PS752: Iran violated multiple human rights obligations – UN experts
ohchr.org – Iran committed multiple human rights violations in shooting down Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 and in the aftermath…
Month: February 2021
Jailed, Exiled Iranian Dervish Activists Accuse Iran’s Rulers of Murder
VOA - Jailed and exiled activists of an Iranian religious sect have denounced Iran’s Islamist leadership for Sunday’s death of…
IAEA Demands Iran Explain ‘Undeclared Nuclear Material’
RFL/RE - The UN nuclear watchdog said on February 23 that it is "deeply concerned" that Iran secretly kept "undeclared…
How Did the Fires of Protest in Saravan Ignite?
Iranwire - Pictures published on social media, which have since been confirmed by local sources, show that today, Tuesday, February…
Student Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Wishing Jailed Journalist Happy Birthday
Iranwire - Leila Hosseinzadeh, a student activist, has been sentenced to five years in prison and a two-year internet ban…
Sixty Thousand Iranian Boys Aged Under 18 are Married
Iranwire - More than 60,000 Iranian males aged 10 to 18 are married, according to population studies recently cited in…
Ahmadinejad vs Khamenei: A New Chapter
Iranwire - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's most incendiary remarks concerning speakers of the Iranian parliament always seem to fall on a Sunday.…
Iran’s Political Prisoners Are Dying Due to Denial of Medical Care
CHRI —The death of prisoner of conscience Behnam Mahjoubi, who died on February 21, 2021, after untreated medical conditions that included…
Iran security forces fire tear gas to disperse protesters in Saravan
Iran-HRM - Iranian security forces fired tear gas on Tuesday to disperse demonstrators gathered in the southeastern city of Saravan,…
IRAN: BRITISH-IRANIAN LABOUR ACTIVIST DETAINED: MEHRAN RAOOF
Amnesty - Mehran Raoof, a British-Iranian national and a labour rights activist, is being arbitrarily detained in Tehran’s Evin prison.…