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Mohammad Salarzehi Executed for Drug Offences in Shiraz

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Mohammad Salarzehi, a Baluch man sentenced to death on drug-related charges, was executed in Shiraz…

Token Iranian Women Allowed Into Azadi Stadium to Placate FIFA

Iranwire -In the last two weeks, the Iranian Football Federation has sent a handful of female journalists to Azadi Stadium…

Are These the Dying Days of Iran’s Open Internet?

Iranwire - In Iran, internet speeds have dropped dramatically over the past month, while access to Virtual Proxy Networks (VPNs)…

Deputy Minister Bans Women’s Bodybuilding on First Day in Office

Iranwire - This week it emerged that in her first week at the Ministry of Sports and Youth, senior official…

Iran’s 2021 record: One death penalty carried out every day

IRAN-HRM - More than 365 prisoners have been executed in 2021 in Iran, raising concern over the abysmal human rights…

Downed Passenger Plane: Iran’s Government Should Allow People to Freely Mourn, Pursue Justice

CHRI – While commemorating the second anniversary of the killing of 176 people aboard Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 by…

#MeToo Branded a ‘Zionist Movement’ in High-Profile Tehran Rape Trial

Iranwire - In October 2020, a Tehran University archaeology graduate named Keyvan Emamverdi was arrested in the Iranian capital. According…

Iran charges political prisoner Mehran Gharahbaghi with capital offences

Iran-HRM - Political prisoner Mehran Gharahbaghi has been charged in Iran with corruption on earth and national security crimes punishable…

Writer in Coma, Another Political Prisoner Dead after Unjust Imprisonment in Iran

CHRI – News of an imprisoned political prisoner dying after going on hunger strike in Iran, and a writer struggling…

Unnamed Man Executed for Rape in Yasuj

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - An unnamed man on death row for rape, was executed in Yasuj Central Prison just…