Labor Activists: State-Sponsored Looting Led to Iranian Oil Strikes
Iranwire - A nationwide strike by workers in Iran’s oil, gas and petrochemical industries entered its fifth consecutive week on Saturday, July…
Month: July 2021
Security forces use extreme force to quell Khuzestan water shortage protests
Iran-HRM - Khuzestan water shortage protests continued for the fifth consecutive night on Monday, July 19 in at least 17…
Khuzestan Protests: Iranians Should be Allowed to Air Grievances Without Threat of Death
CHRI —The unlawful killings of protesters by state security forces in Iran’s drought-ridden Khuzestan Province should be condemned by the UN and…
IRAN: DEFENDER BEATEN AND DENIED HEALTH CARE: ALIREZA FARSHI DIZAJYEKAN
Amnesty - Azerbaijani Turkic human rights defender Alireza Farshi DizajYekan is arbitrarily detained in Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary for advocating…
Iranians protesting water crisis killed in southwest Khuzestan province
Al-Monitor - Iran’s southwest region has been rocked by four consecutive nights of protests over access to clean drinking water.…
Two Killed in Crackdowns on Khuzestan Water Protests
Iranwire - over the ongoing water crisis took place in at least 17 different cities in Iran’s Khuzestan province on Sunday night.…
Militia officials: US drone destroys militia truck in Syria
washingtonpost— A U.S. drone attack targeted a truck for an Iran-backed militia in eastern Syria on Sunday, destroying the vehicle…
Inmates in the women’s ward of Evin are contracting Covid-19
Iran-HRM - There have been reports of a Covid-19 outbreak in Evin Prison’s women’s ward. According to reports from Iran,…
At Least 2 Prisoners Transferred for Execution in Rajai Shahr Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - At least two prisoners on death row for murder have been transferred to solitary confinement…
Sufi Hossein Mohammadi Executed in Zanjan
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Sufi Hossein Mohammadi who had been sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Zanjan Central…