Iranwire – A second female victim of a deadly crackdown by Iranian security forces on protesters in the eastern city of Zahedan has been identified. On September 30 in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan and Baluchistan Province, security forces killed 92 people, including 12 children, after firing live ammunition, metal pellets and teargas at protesters, bystanders and worshippers, according to …

Iranwire – Iranian state media broadcast on December 13 the alleged “confession” of Majidreza Rahnavard, a 23-year-old man executed earlier this week. Iranian authorities routinely extract confessions from political prisoners by force, which are then broadcast for propaganda purposes. Rahnavard was hanged in public on December 12 after being sentenced to death for allegedly killing two Basij members during anti-government …

CHRI – Children in Iran accused of supporting the country’s protest movement are being subjected to physical and psychological torture in Iranian custody as well as in their schools, according to interviews and research conducted by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “After decades of pushing state propaganda into the education system to brainwash children, the Islamic Republic …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Asghar Alizadeh and Ebrahim Boroujerdi who were sentenced to death for drug-related charges, were executed in Khorramabad Central Prison. According to HRANA news agency, two men were executed in Khorramabad Central Prison on December 12. Their identities have been reported as Asghar Alizadeh and Ebrahim Boroujerdi who were sentenced to death for drug-related charges by …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Shayan Hosseinpour who was sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder, were executed in Maku Prison. According to HRANA news agency, a man was executed in Maku Prison on December 8. His identity has been reported as 23-year-old Shayan Hassanpour (Hassanzadeh) who was sentenced to death for murder. At the time of writing, his execution has not been …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Vahid Narouyi, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was secretly executed in Shiraz Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a Baluch man was executed in Shiraz Central Prison on December 12. His identity has been established as 30-year-old Vahid Narouyi who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges …

Al – Monitor — Fears intensified on Tuesday over the fate of 26-year-old Iranian soccer player Amir Reza Nasr Azadani, who was arrested last month and is standing trial in Iran over his participation in anti-government protests.   Prosecutors in the central city of Isfahan indicted the athlete on Sunday with a charge punishable by execution. According to Mizan News, the official …

Al-Arabia – Britain on Tuesday sanctioned Russian military commanders implicated in missile strikes on Ukrainian cities as well as Iranian businessmen involved in the production and supply of military drones used in the attacks.

RFL/RE – A senior Iranian official close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has harshly criticized the policies of the Islamic republic’s leadership in a video interview. Mohammad Sarafaraz, the former head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the state-run entity that oversees all radio and TV broadcasting in the country, said in an interview that the government had “faced a …

Iranwire – All layers of Iranian society have been affected by the heavy-handed crackdown unleashed by the authorities on the nationwide protest movement that kicked off more than 12 weeks ago. The security forces have killed hundreds of people and detained thousands, while the judicial system handed heavy sentences to those taking to the streets to demand more freedoms and …