gatestoneinstitute.org – Where, also, are the women’s movements of the West? The sister of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Badri Hosseini Khamenei, came out criticizing the whole establishment and calling for the overthrow of her brother’s “despotic caliphate”. “The regime of the Islamic Republic of Khomeini and Ali Khamenei has brought nothing but suffering and oppression to Iran and Iranians. …

RFL/RE – The whereabouts of five female university students in the western Iranian city of Sanandaj are unknown following their arrest earlier this month after they took part in a rally against the execution of protesters, the Union Council of Iranian Students said. The women were arrested by security forces between December 10 and 14, and the council said no …

Iranwire – Iranian oil workers have protested at several production sites in the south of the country demanding higher wages and retirement bonuses, among other things, according to social media posts. The protests purportedly occurred on December 17 amid a wave of nationwide protests that has convulsed Iran for three months, marking the boldest challenge to the Islamic Republic since …

Iranwire – More than 150 writers, artists, politicians, and other influential figures are calling on Iran to overturn the death sentences of two Iranian women accused of promoting homosexuality, a German-based group says. Pen Berlin, a nongovernment organization defending freedom of expression, launched on December 16 a campaign to free LGBT+ activists Zahra Sedighi (Sareh), 33, and Elham Choubdar, 24. …

Iranwire – Iranians wounded by the security forces during the ongoing nationwide protests avoid treatment in the country’s increasingly unsafe hospitals for fear of being detained, tortured, prosecuted or killed. The medics ready to brave the risks to help the injured are treating protesters in their offices, the demonstrators’ homes or elsewhere. Aida Rostami, 36, was one of them. She …

Iranwire – More than 18,000 Iranians have been detained in the brutal state crackdown on the ongoing wave of nationwide protests triggered by the September death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police, according to human rights defenders. Many of those released from custody have reported being humiliated and insulted during their interrogations. Some have been forced to …

Iranwire – The Iranian authorities have deprived a protester sentenced to death of the right to be represented by a lawyer of his choice. Seyed Mohammad Hosseini was handed capital punishment on December 6 for his alleged role in the killing of a member of the paramilitary Basij force, an accusation he has repeatedly rejected. The sentence can be appealed. …

Iranwire – Iran’s most prominent Sunni cleric has again used his Friday sermon to urge the country’s Shia leadership to show leniency toward the thousands of protesters who have been detained and prosecuted since nationwide protests kicked off more than 13 weeks ago. “Most of these detainees are young teenagers. My advice is not to be hard on them and …

Iranwire – More than 18,000 Iranians have been arrested in the brutal state crackdown on the ongoing wave of nationwide protests, according to human rights defenders, with their houses being searched and their families’ personal belongings such as electronic devices and cars being confiscated. After speaking with nine people in different cities across Iran, IranWire found that the security forces …

Iran-HRM – Mohammad Mehdi Karami, 22, is a Karate champion and has several championship medals.Mohammad Mehdi Karami has been identified by Iran’s Judiciary as the front-row defendant in the case of Ruhollah Ajmian, a Basij Force member who was killed during the protests. He was found dead on November 3, 2022, in Karaj, during a ceremony commemorating the 40th day …