Activist Daughter Of Former Iranian President Handed Prison Term
Iranwire - An Iranian court has sentenced former lawmaker and women’s rights advocate Faezeh Hashemi to five years in prison,…
Month: January 2023
Iranian Islamologist, Students Handed Prison Sentences After Inquisition-Style Trial
Iranwire - An Iranian court has sentenced Mostafa Hosseini Tabatabaei, an Islamologist and scholar of Quran, and seven of his…
Iranian Baha’i Violently Arrested, Taken To Unknown Location
Iranwire - Iranian authorities have arrested a member of the country’s persecuted Baha'i religious minority in the northern city of…
Infamous Iranian General Starts Term As New Police Chief
Iranwire - An Iranian general sanctioned by the West for human rights abuses linked with mass protests triggered by the…
US Condemns Iran’s Executions Linked to Protests
VOA - U.S. officials on Monday criticized Iran’s execution of two people in connection with anti-government protests and expressed concern…
List of 109 Protesters at Risk of Execution, Death Penalty Charges or Sentences; At Least 481 Protesters Killed
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - At least 481 people including 64 children and 35 women, have been killed by security…
‘Death to Khamenei’ slogan to be allowed on Facebook, Meta says
Al-Monitor - The parent company of Facebook, Meta, decided Monday to allow posts that call for the death of Iran’s…
Are China’s growing ties with Gulf states coming at Iran’s expense?
Al-Monitor - Having signed a 25-year comprehensive strategic partnership agreement with Iran almost two years ago, China is due to discuss additional…
Ukrainian, Iranian Women Win Swedish Rights Prize
RFL/RE - Three women from Ukraine, Iran, and Turkey have won Sweden's Olof Palme human rights prize in 2023 for…
Crowd Gather At Iranian Prison To Protest “Imminent Executions”
Iranwire - Hundreds of people gathered outside a prison in the northern Iranian city of Karaj overnight in an attempt…