Iranwire – In an audio file received by IranWire, a 26-year-old Iranian sentenced to death and confined in the Greater Tehran Prison (Fashafouyeh), narrates his ordeal while in custody. Sahand Nourmohammadzadeh, was arrested in early October during protests in the capital and was sentenced to death two months later on the charge of “fighting against God” for allegedly attempting to …
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Iran protester hastily executed in Tehran; another 39 face death
Iran-HRM – The Iranian regime hastily executed imprisoned protester Mohsen Shekari, 23, on the morning of Thursday, December 8, 2022.The Iranian Supreme Court rejected the appeal for Mohsen Shekari’s death sentence on the charge of Moharebeh (waging war on God) and carried out the sentence Thursday morning.Shekari is the first Iran protester executed by the Iranian Judiciary.Shekari was accused of …
Read More »Iran: Horrifying execution of young protester exposes authorities’ cruelty and risk of further bloodshed
Amnesty – The Iranian authorities executed today a young protester, Mohsen Shekari, after he was convicted and sentenced to death in proceedings that bore no resemblance to a meaningful trial for participating in the ongoing popular uprising across the country, said Amnesty International today. “We are horrified that the Iranian authorities have executed Mohsen Shekari, less than three weeks after …
Read More »Executions in Iran: World Must Respond with Strong Action Against State Killings of Protesters
CHRI – The execution today in Iran of Mohsen Shekari, 23, after a trial by a kangaroo court that denied him due process emphasizes the need for urgent international action to stop the Iranian government’s killing spree to crush protests, said the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “This was a political murder, not a judicial sentence,” said CHRI Executive Director …
Read More »Police chief says ‘no more restraint’ as more die in Iran unrest
Al-Monitor — Iran’s police chief Hossein Ashtari issued yet another warning to the protesters who have been flocking Iranian streets for nearly three months since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in custody of hijab enforcing Guidance Patrol. “Security forces will no longer exercise restraint,” announced the commander Dec. 8, praising his officers for their active presence nationwide to counter “seditionists,” one …
Read More »Iran’s Khamenei shows no sign of retreat in latest speech
Al-Monitor – Iran commemorated Student Day on Wednesday to honor three students who were killed under the previous government in 1953. This year, however, the occasion year coincides with protests and calls for strikes from protesters who have been demonstrating since Sept. 16. On Tuesday, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, which was established in …
Read More »US sanctions Turkish businessman over IRGC oil sales
Al-Monitor – The US Treasury Department on Thursday designated a network led by Turkish businessman Sitki Ayan, which it accused of facilitating the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of oil for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said Ayan’s network both facilitated and concealed the transfer of Iranian oil on behalf of the …
Read More »Shutting down the morality police? Maybe not, but the closing down of the regime is near.
Ever since the start of the current uprising in Iran the revolution has been described as leaderless, but it seems that the leader of this movement cannot be assigned an individual but rather resides in an energetic force binding people together in a forceful battle against a leaderless and oppressive government. This force has spread like a wind across the …
Read More »Rights group warns of ‘mass executions’ in Iran after first protester put to death
Al-Arabia – There will be “mass executions” of protesters in Iran if Tehran does not face “serious consequences” for its execution of a protester, a human rights group warned on Thursday, after the Islamic Republic carried out its first death penalty over demonstrations sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death. Mohsen Shekari, who had been convicted of wounding a member of the security forces …
Read More »Iranian Students Say They Were Beaten Back Ahead Of Speech By Raisi At Tehran University
RFL/RE – Students at Tehran University say they were beaten back by security forces as they tried to hold a protest as President Ebrahim Raisi arrived to deliver a speech amid anti-government unrest that has rocked the country since the September death of a young woman while in police custody for allegedly wearing a head scarf improperly. The Students’ Union …
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