RFL/RE – Pressure has mounted on Iran over the death in custody of a young Iranian woman as the UN’s top rights official and an Iranian lawmaker issued separate public appeals over the tragedy and the deadly unrest it has sparked. Iranian officials have labeled the death in Tehran of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her detention by the country’s morality …

RFL/RE – The top medical official in the southern province of Hormozgan has rejected some Iranian officials’ claims that Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died after apparently being beaten by morality police, suffered a heart attack, saying the most likely cause of her death was a blow to the head. Amini , 22, died on September 16, a few …

RFL/RE – Iranian rights activist Melika Qaragozlu has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for protesting the country’s mandatory hijab rules, her lawyer says. Mohammad Ali Kamfiruzi, Qaragozlu’s lawyer, wrote on Twitter on September 19 that the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran recently handed down the sentence to his client for publishing a few seconds of …

Iranwire – The man known in his own country as “Ayatollah Massacre” tried to justify the 1988 mass killing of political prisoners in his first interview with a Western country since taking office. Ebrahim Raisi is currently in New York for the UN General Assembly. In an interview with CBS News that aired on Monday, the President of Iran did not deny …

Iranwire – On Monday, September 19, a huge crowd of Tehran residents gathered between Keshavarz Boulevard, Hejab Avenue and Valiasr Square to protest the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Thousands of people remained on the streets until late at night, chanting for their rights and an end to dictatorship in Iran. This is Iran’s capital. Women are chanting …

Iranwire – IranWire understands that the family of Mahsa Amini is being pressured to call on people not to attend demonstrations, and to give an interview with state TV absolving police of blame for her death. The 22-year-old from Saqqez died in a Tehran hospital and was buried on Friday. On Tuesday night she had been arrested by the city’s …

CHRI – President Ebrahim Raisi will use his platform at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on September 21 to freely address world leaders at a time when the government in Iran is blatantly violating the most basic and universal rights and committing violent crimes against its people with impunity, including deaths in state detention and the violent suppression of peaceful …

Iranhr.net – Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif today expressed alarm at the death in custody of Mahsa Amini – detained by Iran’s “morality police” enforcing strict hijab rules – and the violent response by security forces to ensuing protests. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman from the Kurdish minority, was with her brother in Tehran when she …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Islamic Republic forces have bloodily cracked down on protests against the police murder of Mahsa (Jina) Amini in cities across Iran. At least four people have been killed after security forces directly fired at protesters in several Kurdish cities. Many were also injured including a 10-year-old girl and elderly citizens. Condemning the state violence deployed …

Al-Monitor – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has headed to New York to attend the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, his first such meeting as president. Raisi will be accompanied by members of his cabinet and according to Iranian press reports, the delegation plans to meet with other heads of state. He is also slated to address the UN General Assembly. The …