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IOPHR Open Letter to Volker Türk and Václav Bálek – condemning the recent appointment of Ali Bahreini as head of the Social Forum in the Human Rights Council

Shabtabnews - In an open letter to Volker Türk and Václav Bálek – IOPHR condemned the recent appointment of Ali…

Michael Earhart

The Dubious “Confessions” of Three Iranians at Imminent Risk of Execution

Iranwire - The recent broadcast of a video showing the forced "confessions" of three Iranian men sentenced to death on Iranian…

Michael Earhart

Security Forces Fire Tear Gas at Iranians Protesting Trio’s Imminent Execution

Iranwire - Security force have used violence to disperse hundreds of Iranians who had gathered around a prison in the central city…

Michael Earhart

Iran’s Unjust Executions for “Insulting the Prophet”

Iranwire - In early May, the Islamic Republic executed two men on charges of “insulting the Prophet” and “insulting Islamic sanctities.” Carrying out…

Michael Earhart

Restaurants in Iran Forced to Close Due to High Inflation

Iranwire - The president of the restaurateurs association of Mashhad has said that 255 restaurants in the north-eastern Iranian city, out of a total of 1,200, closed their doors last…

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Row over Hijab Sparkes Violence at Tehran University

Iranwire - The security guards of Tehran University attacked students at the School of Fine Arts on May 13 after a quarrel…

Michael Earhart

Enayatollah Naimi: 15-Year Sentence for Being a Baha’i

Iranwire - The recent wave of sentencing Baha’is to heavy prison terms in Iran continues and on Saturday, May 13,the…

Michael Earhart

As Net Tightens, Iranians Pushed to Take Up Homegrown Apps

VOA — Banned from using popular Western apps, Iranians have been left with little choice but to take up state-backed alternatives,…

Michael Earhart

Hossein Shabanzadeh Executed in Rasht/2 Others Await Gallows

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Hossein Shabanzadeh was executed for murder charges in Rasht Central Prison. Two unidentified prisoners are…

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Six Men Executed for Drug Charges in Kerman

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Amrollah Adish, Kambiz Davarpanah and four unidentified men have been executed for drug-related charges in…

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