Harassment of journalists intensified ahead of Iran’s presidential election
Iran-HRM Authorities intensified pressures and harassment of Iranian journalists and reporters to silence criticism of state policies. There are numerous…
Month: May 2021
Iran court sentences six Baha’is citizens to 73 years of prison
Iran-HRM - Iran court sentences six Baha’is citizens to 73 years of prison A revolutionary court in Iran has sentenced…
Iran: Ukraine Airline Victims’ Families Harassed, Abused
(HRW) – Iranian authorities have engaged in a campaign of harassment and abuse against families of people killed in the Iranian Revolutionary…
Iran: 6 Baluch Men Secretly Executed in Birjand Last Month
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Six Baluch prisoners on death row for drug-related charges, were secretly executed in Birjand Central…
Prominent disqualified candidates urge Iranians to still vote
Al-Monitor - Iranians continue to react to the decision to bar well-known Reformists and centrists from running in next month's presidential elections.…
One dead, two injured in blast at petrochemical facility in Iran’s Asaluyeh
Al-Arabia - One person died and two others were wounded in an explosion at a petrochemical complex in southern Iran…
Faezeh Hashemi: This is Not an Election, It’s an Appointment
Iranwire - Prominent activist Faezeh Hashemi has spoken publicly about Ali Larijani’s surprise ousting from the presidential race, stating that…
Letter to the Wife of Iran’s Chief Justice: Your Husband Killed My Husband
Iranwire - Effat Mahbaz lost her brother and husband during the massacres of political dissidents in the late 1980s. In…
Rohani Urges Iran’s Supreme Leader To Open Election To More Candidates
RFL/RE - Outgoing Iranian President Hassan Rohani says he has urged the country’s supreme leader to widen the field in…
Pompeo Rekindles Debate About US Response to Iran’s Hosting of Al-Qaida
VOA - Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made more detailed allegations about Iran's secretive relationship with al-Qaida,…