Hadi Hadi Khanlu and Baluch Mehdi Gorgij Executed in Zanjan
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - At least two prisoners including Hadi Hadi Khanlu and Mehdi Gorgij were executed for drug-related…
Human rights
In a First, UN Report Implicates Ali Khamenei in Crimes Against Humanity
Iranwire - A United Nations fact-finding mission has held the Islamic Republic responsible for the "physical violence" leading to Mahsa…
Child Marriage and Domestic Violence Victim Dies by Suicide
Iranwire - Helaleh Elyasi, 22, a victim of child marriage, took her own life on March 8 as a result…
Iranian Political Prisoner Denied Vital Medical Care
Iranwire - Iranian authorities are preventing Hamzeh Savari, a political prisoner held in Ghezelhesar prison, near Tehran, from receiving necessary…
Viral Confrontation Between Woman and Cleric Sparks Court Case
Iranwire - The Islamic Republic's judiciary has opened a court case after a video capturing a tense confrontation between a…
Rights Groups Say Hundreds Of Iranian Women Detained Last Year, Dozens Still Held
RFL/RE - The human rights organization Hengaw said Iranian security agencies detained over 300 women for political or ideological reasons…
Iranian Female Political Prisoners Blast ‘Gender Apartheid’
VOA - Eleven female political prisoners at Evin Prison in Tehran have written a letter stating that exposing gender apartheid…
Iran arrests two young women for public dancing: Report
Al-Arabia - Two young women were arrested in Tehran after the publication of a video in which they danced to…
Baluch Fuel Carrier Killed in Southeastern Iran
Iranwire - An Iranian Baluch fuel carrier was killed on March 7 after a chase with the border forces of…
Five Kolbars Shot and Critically Injured in Western Iran
Iranwire - Border forces of the Islamic Republic in the western Kurdistan province have shot and seriously injured five kolbars…