Iranwire – Iranian security forces have killed more than 72 people over the past week, a Norway-based human rights group says, bringing to 416 its death toll related to a brutal state crackdown on more than two months of nationwide protests. Iran Human Rights on November 22 said that 56 of the new deaths were reported “in Kurdish areas,” where …

VOA – The United Nations on Tuesday assailed Iran for the Islamic Republic’s increasingly harsh attacks on protests that were sparked by the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman in the custody of the country’s morality police. More than 300 people, including around 40 children, have been killed during two months of protests, often in street clashes across the country. …

VOA – Investigators have concluded that an Iranian drone was used to bomb an oil tanker linked to an Israeli billionaire last week, the U.S. Navy said on Tuesday. The drone attack on the Liberian-flagged oil tanker Pacific Zircon last Tuesday off the coast of Oman appears to be part of the long-running shadow war between Israel and its archenemy …

Amnesty – UN Human Rights Council member states must urgently establish an investigative and accountability mechanism on Iran to address the alarming spike in unlawful killings and other human rights violations, Amnesty International said today, following a week in which the Iranian security forces shot dead at least 60 protesters, mourners and bystanders, including children. Security forces are ruthlessly persisting …

CHRI – As nationwide protests continue to sweep Iran, there are very few direct voices from inside Iran reaching the international stage. An understanding of the fabric of the society and its rapidly evolving outlook and demands is essential for understanding the protests and what the international community should do. Our team at the Center for Human Rights in Iran is …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – At least 416 people including 51 children and 27 women have been killed by security forces in the ongoing nationwide protests. Recalling the mass killing of people, particularly in Kurdish cities in recent days and in Sistan and Baluchistan on September 30, Iran Human Rights calls on the international community to investigate them as crimes …

Al-Monitor – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) deployed helicopters and rows of military vehicles and machine guns to the Kurdish city of Javanroud as part of its clampdown on anti-government protests that have gripped the country since mid-September. As reports of deadly shootings came out, the IRGC-affiliated Fars News confirmed that combat bullets had been fired, but on “terrorists” linked to opposition groups …

Shabtabnews – November 20th marks World Children’s Day, the annual commemoration of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which provides a universal set of standards to be adhered to by all countries – including the principle of non-discrimination; the best interests of the child as a primary consideration in all actions concerning children; the child’s …

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement USCIRF condemned the sexual assault of Iranian protestors against mandatory hijab. USCIRF Commissioner @Skleinbaum: "USCIRF is appalled by reports Iranian protestors against mandatory hijab laws are being sexually assaulted & raped by Iranian security forces. The US gov must act through sanctions & intl pressure to disrupt this violence."https://t.co/LPZztGzIC0— USCIRF (@USCIRF) November 22, 2022 …

RFL/RE – A senior member of the Iranian Christian community says that security officials are pressuring religious minorities to remain silent and not participate in anti-government protests. The semiofficial ISNA news agency quoted Yonathan Betkolia, the head of Assyrian Society of Tehran, as saying that the intelligence and security authorities of the Islamic republic have asked the representatives of Christians, bishops, and …