Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO)- Ghorban Ghorbanpour, a man sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Rasht Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Rasht Central Prison on March 2. His identity has been established as Ghorban Ghorbanpour who was sentenced to qisas for murder. Hassan Abbasi and Ali Rezaei, two other prisoners sentenced to death …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO)- Khosro Mohammadi was secretly executed for drug-related charges in Zahedan Central Prison. According to Hal Vash, a man was executed in Zahedan Central Prison on February 28. His identity has been reported as Khosro Mohammadi from Shiraz. He was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court. Khosrwo had been behind bars for over …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) Leila Bameri, a Baluch woman sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was secretly executed in Kahnouj Prison in Kerman. According to Hal Vash, a Baluch woman was executed in Kahnouj Prison on February 27. Her Identity has been reported as Leila Bameri from Peng village. She was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary …

Al-Arabia – History shows that even the most powerful and brutal of regimes fall when their security forces refuse to shoot on protestors. Nonviolent revolutions succeed when civil disobedience, mass protests, strikes—and the regime’s own violence and moral depravity—induce fissures and defections from its ruling ranks. High-profile desertions not only from the military but also the intelligentsia and economic elites …

Al-Arabia – France on Thursday called developments in Iran’s nuclear program “very concerning” after the UN nuclear watchdog reported finding uranium particles enriched just under the 90 percent needed for an atomic bomb. “This report states that the direction Iran is taking is very concerning,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Anne-Claire Legendre told reporters, adding this development was “unprecedented and extremely serious.” …

Al-Arabia – Iran is seeking sophisticated new air defense systems from Russia that Israeli officials believe will narrow the window for a potential strike on Tehran’s nuclear program, according to people familiar with the matter. The prospect of Iran getting the systems, the S-400s, would accelerate a decision on a possible attack, people in Israel and the US with knowledge of …

Iranwire – Prominent Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, who is serving a long-term sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison, says the inmates there are being subjected to “sexual assaults and physical torture.” Mohammadi published a letter on her Instagram page on March 2 to reject claims made by Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian minimizing the extend of the Islamic Republic’s brutal crackdown on …

Iranwire – The UN fact-finding mission on human rights abuses committed by Iranian security forces in their brutal crackdown on ongoing peaceful protests is calling on individuals, groups and organizations to submit information and documentation relevant to its mandate. In November 2022, the Geneva-based Human Rights Council adopted a resolution establishing the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran …

Iranwire – The Iranian judiciary has filed a criminal case against two well-known reformist figures, Sadegh Zibakalam and Azar Mansouri. Charges have been filed by the Tehran Provincial Prosecutor’s Office following accusations made by the two individuals that were deemed as “baseless,” according to Mizan news agency, which is affiliated with the judiciary. The report said Zibakalam and Mansouri had …

Iranwire – “We just fight for a normal life,” says Sara, who plans to join dozens of British-Iranian women in a silent march in the center of London on March 8, International Women’s Day. They will wear the red cloaks and white bonnets imposed on female characters in the television series The Handmaid’s Tale, based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the …