Iranwire – Eighteen female political and civil rights activists imprisoned in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison are calling on Iranians to take to the streets to protest the execution of protesters. The activists announced in an open letter published by HRANA human rights news agency on December 12 that they will hold a sit-in outside the management building of the prison …

Iranwire – Four days after the hasty and illegal execution of Mohsen Shekhari, another protester, 23-year-old Majidreza Rahnavard, was executed in public on December 12. Civic rights activists say a third man,  Mahan Sadrat, also aged 23, faces imminent execution. At least 25 other protesters have been handed capital punishment after the eruption of the nationwide protest movement in the middle of September, including …

Iranwire – Many Iranian teachers have been dismissed or detained, with the families completely ignoring their fates, since the wave of anti-government protests erupted across the country in the middle of September. According to information confirmed by IranWire, at least five of them have lost their lives during protests. Died in Kerman Zahra Lori, the principal of Rezvani-Nejad school in …

Iranwire – A second protester arrested during the nationwide uprising of the Iranian people has been executed in the northeastern city of Mashhad, triggering strong condemnations inside and outside of Iran. Majidreza Rahnavard was hanged in public on the morning of December 12, only 23 days after his arrest, over the alleged killing of members of the paramilitary Basif force. …

Iranwire – Sepehr Ziaei, a 62-year-old Iranian Baha’i, is one of several Baha’is who have been detained in recent weeks in the country. He has been held in Ward 209 of Evin Prison for more than 77 days. Ziaei has only been allowed one 10-minute meeting with his relatives – and that after waiting more than two months. Iranian authorities have …

Iranwire – Mohammad Mehdi Karami, 22, is one of the five defendants who have been sentenced to death over the killing of a member of the paramilitary Basij force during protests in Karaj. In an interview with Etemad newspaper, Karami’s father complained that the lawyer assigned to the defense of his son was not paying any attention to the case. …

(HRW) – Iranian authorities’ execution of two men in connection with widespread antigovernment protests is a gross miscarriage of justice and a dangerous escalation, Human Rights Watch said today. According to human rights groups, revolutionary courts of first instance have issued at least 11 other protest-related death sentences and are expected to try dozens more people, including children, for charges that can carry …

Iran-HRM – Intelligence forces affiliated to the Revolutionary Guards-IRGC attacked the Sheibani family with several vehicles. Dana Sheibani, her family, and friends, were brutally attacked and abducted on November 10, 2022, while riding in a Snapp taxi. Their mobile phones and laptops were taken from them. Dana was transferred to Shiraz and her sister’s house was raided by armed agents. …

Amnesty – Responding to the Iranian authorities’ public execution today of Majidreza Rahnavard, a young man sentenced to death, after a sham unfair trial, in connection with ongoing nationwide protests, Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said: “The horrific public execution of Majidreza Rahnavard today exposes Iran’s judiciary for what it is: a …

Al-Monitor – The majority of Middle Eastern and North African countries sank further on press freedom in 2022, with the most drastic drops in region observed in Tunisia, Palestine and Lebanon. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released its annual press freedom index this week, which reviews the state of journalism in 180 countries, assessed a record number of 28 countries as “very bad” in 2022.  …