Iranwire – Iranian protesters have begun three consecutive days of protests and nationwide strikes as the judiciary continues to follow through on a government crackdown by issuing three more death sentences in its response to unrest sparked by the death of a young woman while in police custody for allegedly wearing a head scarf improperly. Reports from across the country …

Iranwire – With the uprising of the Iranian people triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini in custody of morality police well into its 11th week, Iranian security forces continue to use everything at their disposal to savagely suppress the protests. In two previous special reports, we took close look at the equipment used to suppress the demonstrations and at the individuals and …

Iranwire – Atena Daemi, a human rights activist, has reported the dire situation for female inmates in Iran’s notorious Evin prison in a series of posts on Twitter. The report indicates extremely poor health conditions in the detention center, including “dirty” bathrooms, with prison authorities refusing to give the prisoners cleaning supplies despite repeated requests.  Daemi wrote that her report was based …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities arrested two members of Iran’s long persecuted Baha’i religious minority on Sunday amid an intensified crackdown on the faith group, IranWire can report.  Thirteen Kerman Intelligence Department agents raided the houses of Roha Imani and Firuzeh Sultan Mohammadi and, after searching the houses, arrested both of them and transferred them to an unknown location, sources told IranWire. Agents …

Iranwire – A young Iranian woman has been in detention for the past 46 days in Iran for a single post on Twitter and has been deprived of life-saving medicine, IranWire can report. Parisa Sohrabi was summoned to Tabriz Internet Police on October 1 after she criticized the Islamic Republic on her Twitter account. She was arrested immediately after her arrival at the police station. …

Iran-HRM – Neda Bayat, a young woman in Zanjan, decided to climb onto the car top of a street-patrol service vehicle during protests in her city on October 26, 2022. In this attempt, security officers violently dragged her off from the top the car and arrested her. Nobody ever found out where the Iranian authorities had taken Neda, not even …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Hossein Ordukhanzadeh, Shahin Imani Mahmoudabad, Milad Ashrafi Atbatan and Manouchehr Bejandi have been executed for security-related charges including collaborating with Israeli intelligence services, in Rajai Shahr Prison. They were executed within seven months of arrest. Stressing its opposition to the cruel and inhumane death penalty punishment, Iran Human Rights condemns its use for all charges …

Al-Monitor — Iran’s state-run Al-Alam news network dismissed reports that the Islamic Republic’s controversial morality police, in charge of implementing mandatory hijab rules, has been abolished.   Al-Alam was addressing extensive coverage of remarks by Iran’s hard-line Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, who appeared to suggest that hijab police was no longer operating.   “The morality police has been closed down by the very institution [Interior …

Al-Arabia – Protesters in Iran called on Sunday a three-day strike this week as they seek to maintain pressure on authorities over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, with protests planned on the day President Ebrahim Raisi is due to address students in Tehran.Raisi is expected to visit Tehran University on Wednesday, celebrated in Iran as Student Day. To …

RFL/RE – Iran has cancelled its dreaded “morality police” in the wake of continuing protests following the September death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, the country’s chief prosecutor has said. Iran’s state IRNA news agency on December 4 quoted Mohammad Jafar Montazeri as saying, “the morality police have nothing to do with the judiciary.” Montazeri was responding to the question …