Iran Arrests Prominent Iranian Lawyer Kamfiroozi
Iranwire - Iranian authorities have arrested well-known lawyer Mohammad Ali Kamfiroozi, IranWire reports. Kamfiroozi was arrested on a Tehran street…
Human rights
Iran: 26 people risk execution in relation to protests
Amnesty - At least 26 people are at great risk of execution in connection with nationwide protests after Iranian authorities…
Iran’s Courts Using Death Penalty Charges to Crush Protests
CHRI – At least 11 men have been sentenced to death in the Islamic Republic, and 24 others are facing…
Hossein Amini and Amir Abbasi Executed for Murder in Rasht
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Hossein Amini and Amir Abbasi, sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, were executed in Rasht Central Prison.…
Reza Tajik Executed for Drug Charges in Karaj
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Reza Tajik, a man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Karaj Penitentiary.…
Kurdish Teenage Girl Investigated On Charge Carrying Death Sentence
Iranwire - A human rights group have raised alarm over the fate of a 16-years old Kurdish girl suspected by…
Iranian Protesters Are Illegally Sentenced To Deaths, Legal Experts Say
Iranwire - Two young Iranian men, Mohsen Shekari and Majid Reza Rahnavard, have recently been executed by hanging on the charge of moharebeh,…
Five Iranian Athletes Accused of Plotting Bomb Attack
Iranwire - Iranian authorities are accusing five detained athletes from the southern city of Shiraz of plotting a bomb attack…
Iranian Student Faces Death Penalty After Distributing Chocolates And Hugs
Iranwire - In the early days of Iran’s protest movement calling for more freedoms and gender equality, four young men…
Tortured, Family Threatened: Two Prisoners In The Black Holes Of Iran’s Repressive System
Iranwire - At least 490 people so far have been killed across Iran and 18,242 others have been detained, without…