Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Hossein Amini and Amir Abbasi, sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, were executed in Rasht Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Rasht Central Prison on November 15. Their identities have been established as Hossein Amini and Amir Abbasi who were sentenced to death for murder. At the time …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Reza Tajik, a man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Karaj Penitentiary. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Karaj Penitentiary on December 14. His identity has been established as Reza Tajik who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court. An informed …

RFL/RE – Iran has publicly executed two young men over their involvement in the ongoing antiestablishment protests that have rocked the country since September. Mohsen Shekari and Majidreza Rahnavard were both convicted of “waging war against God” and “corruption on Earth.” Shekari, who was hanged on December 8, was accused of “intentionally injuring” a security officer with a weapon and …

Iranwire – A human rights group have raised alarm over the fate of a 16-years old Kurdish girl suspected by the Iranian authorities of “waging war against God,” a charge that carries a death sentence. Sonia Sharifi was arrested in mid-November by agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) intelligence agency during protests in the western town of Abdanan. The …

Iranwire – Two young Iranian men, Mohsen Shekari and Majid Reza Rahnavard, have recently been executed by hanging on the charge of moharebeh, or “waging war against God”, over their involvement in the ongoing wave of nationwide protests. Other defendants such as Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, Saman (Yasin) Seidi and Mahan Sedarat have been sentenced to death on the same charge and for allegedly spreading “corruption on Earth”, which …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities are accusing five detained athletes from the southern city of Shiraz of plotting a bomb attack in the country, amid an ongoing brutal crackdown on nationwide protests. The semiofficial Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Republic Guards Corps (IRGC), on December 14 published a video of the four men and the woman allegedly …

Iranwire – In the early days of Iran’s protest movement calling for more freedoms and gender equality, four young men took to the main street of the northwestern city of Qazvin to hand chocolates to by-passers and give “free hugs”. Two of them were distributing the chocolates and hugs, while the other pair were filming and watching against security forces. …

Iranwire – At least 490 people so far have been killed across Iran and 18,242 others have been detained, without their names being officially announced, in the state crackdown on nationwide protests that erupted nearly three months ago, according to human rights organizations. Only 3,670 of those taken to custody have been identified by rights defenders working outside of Iran. …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) –  Four men were executed for murder charges in Rasht Central Prison and two others are at imminent risk of execution. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Rasht Central Prison on November 17. Their identities have been established as Abbas Abdollahi and Fariborz Shahbazi who were sentenced to death …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) –  Payam Nourollahi who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Gorgan Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Gorgan Prison on December 12. His identity has been established as 33-year-old Payam Nourollahi who was sentenced to death for murder. An informed source told Iran Human Rights: “Hassan …