Iran-HRM – Popular protests in Iran continued throughout the month of October. Unfortunately, in every protest the state security forces responded with severe violence. The amount of violence used against protesters has left thousands injured. The number of deaths is estimated at 450 so far. Some of the most significant events in October included killing protesters by beating on their …

VOA – More than 300 Iranian journalists have demanded the release of two colleagues jailed for their coverage of Mahsa Amini, whose death in custody triggered protests posing one of the biggest challenges to ruling clerics in decades. Their call came in a statement published by the Iranian Etemad and other newspapers on Sunday. Niloofar Hamedi took a photo of …

CHRI – Reports of at least one doctor being killed by state security forces and at least six others being arbitrarily arrested at peaceful protests in Tehran and Mashhad indicate Iran’s medical community is facing deadly state violence as the Iranian government deploys lethal force to crush the country’s growing protest movement, said the Center for Human Rights in Iran …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Sajad Zeinivandnejad and an unidentified woman have been executed for murder charges in Boroujerd Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Boroujerd Prison on October 23. His identity has been established as 30-year-old Sajad Zeinivandnejad (pictured)who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder. An informed source told Iran Human Rights: …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO)- Hossein Karimabadi, Alireza Janpour and Hossein Valizadeh were executed in Hamedan Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Hamedan Central Prison on October 16. His identity has been established as 32-year-old Hossein Karimabadi (pictured) who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges. An informed source told Iran Human …

Al-Monitor – Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have both denied assembling Iranian drones in their territories.  What happened: Last week, Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon interviewed Russian oil tycoon Leonid Nevslin, who is now based in Israel. During the conversation, Gordon insinuated that Iranian drones used by Russian forces in Ukraine are being assembled in Uzbekistan. It is possible that Gordon misspoke and meant Tajikistan, the …