Iran-HRM – 18 Jailed dissidents at Raja’i Shahr Prison of Karaj wrote an open letter on March 21, protesting the exile of political prisoners and opening new cases against them. The letter, a copy of which was sent to Iran Human Rights Monitor, states: “during the last months, despite all the claims by the highest judiciary authorities about complying with …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Afshin Baymani has been denied medical treatment despite experiencing heart complications. Vaziri, the Prosecutor’s special assistant for political prisoners’ affairs has refused to authorize his transfer to a hospital against doctors’ advice. On Saturday, March 20, 2021, the political prisoner who is serving a life sentence in Raja’i Shahr Prison of Karaj, was transferred to the …

Iran-HRM – A Kurdish man was killed in a police shooting on Monday on Khorramabad Road in western Iran. According to Hengaw Kurdish website, the man was identified as Mohammad Sadeghi. The state security forces opened fire at the Kurdish man’s car on suspicion of transporting smuggled goods. This is while Mohammad Sadeghi’s car was empty and he was not …

Al-Monitor – The Iranian government is widely accused of using the case of a jailed British-Iranian activist as a pressure tool to secure the repayment of the long-standing debt. Iran’s defense minister, Brig. Gen. Amir Hatami, said March 23 that the UK government should “act with practicality” in delivering an outstanding payment of 400 million pounds ($551 million) to the Islamic …

Shabtabnews – Iran Working Group, International Religious Freedom Office Iran in a statement calls on the ruling regime in Iran to respect religious freedom. The statement declared that : “Since the inception of the ruling regime in Iran, a persistent theme of oppression has been the intensification of the persecution of religious minorities during times of particular significance for these …

Shabtabnews – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) applauds the coordinated sanctions that the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union imposed against Chinese officials Wang Junzheng, Secretary of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), and Chen Mingguo, Director of the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau (XPSB), under the Global Magnitsky Act for committing …

Shabtabnews – According to reports received, a group of Iranian-Dutch citizens expressed disappointment in regards to their discussions with the Dutch Foreign Affairs Ministry on the 25th November and 11th March 2021 in relation to the Dutch government’s response to human rights violations in Iran. In these meetings a small delegation of Dutch Iranians met with the Foreign Affairs Ministry …

Shabtabnews – IOPHR issued a statement regarding the Dire Health Condition of Teachers’ Rights Activist Mr. Hashem Khastar. The statement declared: “Once again, the IOPHR would like to draw the attention of all international organisations to the plight of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners in Iranian prisons, especially Mr. Hashem Khastar – the imprisoned teacher and activist, who has …

Al-Arabia – A road accident in southeastern Iran on Tuesday killed at least 14 people, including eight children, an Iranian semi-official news agency reported. There were no details as to what caused the accident. The crash involved three cars, the report said, and also left 11 people injured. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or …

RFL/RE – The U.S. State Department says Secretary of State Antony Blinken has “strongly condemned” recent attacks against Saudi territory from “Iranian-aligned groups” in the region, and discussed cooperation to end the war in Yemen in a call with Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister. During his March 22 conversation with Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Blinken also “reiterated our commitment to …