VOA – Germany’s foreign minister is calling for European Union entry bans and asset freezes against those responsible for what she described as brutal repression against anti-government protesters in Iran. The most sustained protests in years against Iran’s theocracy are now in their fourth week. They erupted Sept. 17 after the burial of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman who …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Today, as we welcome World Day Against the Death Penalty which is marked on October 10 every year, Iran Human Rights statistics reveal an 89% increase in execution numbers compared to the same period last year. At least 428 people including two juvenile offenders and 12 women were executed in the first ten months of …

RFL/RE – Activists in Iran have disrupted a live state television broadcast by airing images and messages in support of continuing protests against the government and the country’s strict hijab law requiring women to wear head scarves. Islamic Republic TV footage of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meeting state officials was interrupted briefly on October 8 and replaced with images …

Iranwire – The 2022 protests in Iran have fundamental differences with previous uprisings under the Islamic Republic. One is the fact that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is 83 years old and, unlike in 2009, he is no longer able to effectively deploy the forces of suppression. Iranians are aware of this and they know that he does not have much …

Iranwire – Erfan Rezaei, born in 2001, is one of the many who lost his life in the protests of September 21, 2022, in Amol, Mazandaran province, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini. IranWire spoke to one of Erfan Rezaei’s relatives about what happened to him in the hands of security agents – and the effect on his family. …

Iranwire – People across Iranian Kurdistan took to the streets in another day of anti-government protests on Saturday, October 8. There were strikes and demonstrations in Sanandaj, Mahabad, Kermanshah, Javanroud, Saqqez, Bukan, Baneh, Marivan and Divandareh. The protests in Sanandaj and Saqqez were met with a swift and violent response from security forces. Protestors fought back, reportedly killing one officer, …

Iranwire – Iranian protesters came out in numerous cities across the country on Saturday as several Kurdish cities in western Iran went on strike. Iran’s nationwide protests after the death of Mahsa Amini have entered week three with the latest unrest. Videos of ongoing Saturday protests across Iran can be seen on IranWire’s Twitter page. Footage shared on social media, despite …

Iran-HRM – Security forces intensify crackdown as protests sweep across Iran Saturday, October 8, 2022, as anti-government protests swept across the country, the Iranian security forces used brute force to crush the protests. There have been verified reports of young men and women deliberately shot and killed at close range by security forces and plainclothes agents. At the same time, security forces …

Iran-HRM – In the month of September, Iran witnessed anti-regime protests following the death of Mahsa Amini in morality police custody. These protests are still active with the passing of 21 days. Mahsa Amini was from Saqqez in Kurdistan, who accompanied her family on a trip to Tehran. The morality police arrested her on September 13, 2022, when she was …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) –  At least 185 people, including at least 19 children, have been killed in the nationwide protests across Iran. The highest number of killings occurred in Sistan and Baluchistan province with half the recorded deaths. Iran Human Rights condemns the killing of protesters in the strongest possible terms once again, particularly the killings in Zahedan which …