Human rights

Iranwire – Taraneh Alidoosti, Mustafa Al-Ahmad, Bahareh Hedayat, Narges Mohammadi, Arash Sadeghi, Forugh Taghipour, Zohreh Sarv, and Nasrin Javadi are among the many prisoners afflicted with unknown or incurable diseases, a number that continues to rise with each passing day. Despite this alarming trend, relevant institutions, including the prison organization and the judiciary, turn a blind eye and attempt to …

iranintl – Fifteen former Iran hostages have censured the Swedish government for “lack of meaningful action” to free Swedish-Iranian doctor Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been on death row in Iran for more than 6 years. “Sweden has done little to secure his release and also inexcusably failed to provide his family with the level of support and information they need …

iranintl – Actress Taraneh Alidoosti and filmmaker Mostafa Al-Ahmad have been diagnosed with diseases after serving time in Iranian prisons for voicing dissent, the latest in a series of mystery illnesses contracted by political prisoners. Taraneh Alidoosti – best known for the Oscar-winning movie “The Salesman” – was arrested as part of the Woman Life Freedom movement sparked by the death in …

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s judiciary has executed three more prisoners, including a woman.  Rokna news agency reported on April 25 the three executions in Karaj for murder convictions. Details of the first two cases, involving a middle-aged man who allegedly killed his wife and another man who fatally stabbed someone in a street fight, were limited.  Their identities remain …

Iranwire – As protests erupted against the death sentence given to rapper Toomaj Salehi, the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office targeted journalists reporting on the public outcry. On April 25, Milad Alavi, a journalist for Shargh newspaper, was summoned for publishing a video of citizens’ reactions to Salehi’s sentence.  This action coincided with the widespread demonstrations against the young artist’s sentencing. The …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have sentenced a disabled man to four years in prison for “supporting” Israel online.  The Criminal Court of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province charged Omid Izadi Sadeghabadi for “spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic through media activities and supporting Israel” and “publishing false information to disturb public opinion.” Izadi Sadegh-Abadi, 35, lives in the Saman district of …

Iranwire – The police commander of the Islamic Republic revealed that 32 agencies are responsible for implementing the mandatory hijab rules.  “There are for the issue of hijab and chastity; unfortunately, some of them do not fulfill their missions and even in this field they have also become demanding,” police chief Ahmadreza Radan said Friday.  “The enemy is trying to …

Iranwire – Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has condemned the death sentence of protest rapper Toomaj Salehi. “Toomaj’s death sentence signifies the death of our vibrant movement. Let us rally for the survival of the movement that defines our existence,” she said in a message from Evin prison. Mohammadi’s statement, posted on her official Instagram page, adds: “The resilient, …

Iran Human Rights – Ali Khoshavaz, a man on death row for drug-related charges, and Shahram Sharghi and Alireza Aghayi, who were sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, were executed in Ghezelhesar Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man named Ali Khoshavaz was executed in Ghezelhesar Prison in Karaj on 21 April. He was sentenced to death by …

.iranintl – Two weeks into the latest round of violent crackdowns on Iranian women refusing to wear the hijab, certain so-called reformist and moderate politicians and commentators are cautioning the state about its harsh approach. At the same time, some female journalists assert that the crackdown is part of the regime’s ongoing strategy to stifle dissent, by reinforcing the ideological …