Human rights

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Hadi Fallah, a man on death row for drug-related offences, was executed in Tabriz Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Tabriz Central Prison on 9th October. His identity has been established as 31-year-old Hadi Fallah from Eram-Tabriz.  An informed source told IHRNGO that Hadi was arrested …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Iman Bakhshayesh, a man on death row for drug-related offences, was executed in Rasht Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Rasht Central Prison on 9th October. His identity has been established as Iman Bakhshayesh from Bijarieh-Lahijan.  An informed source told IHRNGO that Iman was arrested for …

Iranwire – A young kolbar succumbed to his injuries on Thursday after a fall while escaping the Islamic Republic’s border forces in the Qandil border region. Siamand Hasanpour, a 37-year-old Kurdish man from Sardasht, suffered severe head trauma during the escape and was placed in a coma. Despite medical intervention, he was unable to recover. Hasanpour, a married father of …

Al-Arabia – An Iranian court cleared two jailed journalists of collaborating with the United States, and reduced their sentences over reports about a woman’s death that had helped trigger protests in 2022, Iran’s worst domestic unrest for decades. Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, sentenced a year ago to 13 and 12 years in prison respectively, had their terms reduced to five years, …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mostafa Karami, a man on death row for drug-related offences, was executed in Sari Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Sari Central Prison on 12th October. His identity has been established as 40-year-old Mozafar Karami from Rasht. He was arrested for drug-related offences three years ago …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Iraj Moradian, a man on death row for murder, was executed in Gorgan Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Gorgan Central Prison on 9th October. His identity has been established as Iraj Moradian, a man sentenced  to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder by the Criminal Court. An informed source …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mehdi Barahouyi, a Baluch man on death row for murder, was executed in Zahedan Central Prison. According to Haal Vsh, a Baluch man was executed in Zahedan Central Prison on 9th October. His identity has been reported as Mehdi Barahouyi, a 21-year-old man from Khash. He was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for a murder he reportedly committed …

RFL/RE – The Iranian Supreme Court has lifted the death sentence against imprisoned labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi and referred her case “for reconsideration,” her lawyer said on October 12. Mohammadi, 45, was sentenced to death in July, accused of membership in an independent labor union and a banned Kurdish separatist group based in neighboring Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region. Her family …

Iran-HRM – As the world observed the World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, 2024, Iran’s execution rate surged to alarming levels, raising serious concerns about human rights in the country. Despite international calls for abolition and the new president’s claims of reform, Iran continues to be one of the world’s leading executioners. A Week of Contradictions In …

Iranwire – Varisheh Moradi, a political prisoner serving her sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison, has begun a hunger strike to protest the death sentences handed to female activists in Iran. Moradi, imprisoned in the women’s ward of Evin, started the hunger strike on Thursday. A source told IranWire that during Moradi’s second court hearing on October 5, Judge Abolqasem Salavati …