Baluch Alam Yar-Ahmadzehi Executed in Khash Prison
Iran Human Rights Organization - Alam Yar-Ahmadzehi, a Baluch man sentenced to qisas for “murder during a fight”, was executed in Khash…
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Vahid Tabatabaei Executed for Murder in Rajai Shahr Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Vahid Tabatabaei who was sentenced to qisas for murder, has been executed in Rajai Shahr Prison, increasing…
Sepideh Gholian’s Health Worsens
HRW - Mehdi Gholian, the brother of imprisoned labor activist Sepideh Gholian, posted on his Instagram account on March 6, 2022, that…
Groundbreaking UN Report Decries “Criminalisation” of Baha’is in Iran and MENA
Iranwire - Baha’is are experiencing “increasing insecurity” in the Islamic Republic of Iran and in a number of countries in…
Iran Authorities Deliberately Endangering Political Prisoner Lives by Denying Medical Furlough
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Several political prisoners, including Sepideh Gholiyan, Soheila Hejab, Zeinab Jalalian, Arsham Rezaee, and Abbas Vahedian-Shahroudi,…
Plea to UN to Demand Freedom for Gravely Ill Sepideh Qoliyan
CHRI – Two months after two political prisoners died in Iranian state custody, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has…
Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Refuses To Return To Prison, Calls Her Sentence ‘Illegal’
RFL/RE - Prominent Iranian human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi says she refuses to return to prison to continue her sentence…
Sun House, a Women’s NGO in Tehran, ‘Forced’ to Close its Doors
Iranwire - The Khaneh Khorshid, or Sun House, one of the first drug addiction treatment centers for women in the most…
USCIRF Commissioner expresses concerns on reports that Mr. Abdi and other Gonabadi Sufis imprisoned in Iran is being denied medical leave or hospital transfers.
Shabtabnews - In a Twitter statement USCIRF Commissioner expressed concerns on reports that Mr. Abdi and other Gonabadi Sufis imprisoned…
International Women’s Day: Women in Iran are Leading the Struggle for Human Rights
CHRI – On the eve of International Women’s Day, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) celebrates women everywhere…