Traffic Police Chief: We’ll Deal With Women Motorcyclists
Iranwire - Kamal Hadianfar, traffic chief for the police’s NAJA special forces unit, has said that women will be “definitively”…
Human rights
Iran’s crackdown on freedom of expression aims at silencing dissent
Iran-HRM - The right to freedom of expression in Iran has always been severely restricted. The arrest of critics and…
Police File Case Against Woman Detained With Catch Pole
Iranwire - The social deputy of the Tehran Security Police has announced a case has been filed against a woman…
Kolbar Shot Dead After Open Threat from Border Police Chief
Iranwire - A kolbar from the city of Sardasht in West Azerbaijan was shot dead by Iranian border police on Thursday, October 14. Jian…
Iranians Share Experiences of Violence by So-Called Morality Police
Iranwire - Last week a video capturing the violent detention of a woman in Tehran sparked outrage on social media.…
Hossein Hedayati Executed in Amol Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Hossein Hedayati who was sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder, has been executed in Amol Prison. According…
Baluch Mousa Shehbakhsh Executed in Zahedan
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Baluch Mousa Shehbakhsh was executed on unknown charges in Zahedan Central Prison. At least 39…
Hamed Jafarzadeh, Soheil Hojatfar and Younes Executed on Drug Charges
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO)- Three men have been executed on drug-related charges in Zanjan Central Prison. At least 92 prisoners,…
Colleague Reveals Torture of Jailed Lawyer in Evin Prison
Iranwire -A well-known lawyer inside Iran, Saeed Dehghan, has published new details of the arrest and transfer of his colleague Payam Derafshan…
Intelligence Agents Swoop on a Baha’i Home in Shiraz
Iranwire - IranWire understands that on Saturday, October 16, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in Shiraz raided the home…