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Human rights

Unidentified 21-year-old Man Executed in Mashhad

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A 21-year-old death row prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Mashhad Central Prison…

Faizollah Ahmadzadeh Executed on Drug Charges in Qom

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A prisoner named Faizollah Ahmadzadeh who was sentenced to death on drug-related charges has been…

Unidentified 70-year-old Retired Policeman Executed in Mashhad

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A 70-year-old man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Mashhad Central Prison…

Christians In Iran Facing Heightened Persecution In Wake Of Recent Elections

christianitydaily - The Christian church in Iran is worried that it will most likely suffer increased persecution under the leadership…

British-Iranian Mehran Raouf Awaiting Verdict in Evin Prison

Iranwire - British-Iranian citizen Mehran Raouf is still being held in Iran’s Evin Prison and was not given access to a lawyer…

Iran annals death sentence of man ten months after his execution

Iran-HRM - Ten months after a young man was executed in a northwest Iran prison, the Supreme Court overturned the…

Iranian jailed activist refuses phone calls and family visits to protest mistreatment of prisoners

Iran-HRM - In a message from a prison in northern Iran, Iranian jailed activist Golrokh Iraee said that she would…

Mohseni Ejei’s Appointment as Iran’s Judiciary Chief Poses Grave Threat to Rights Activists

CHRI —The appointment of Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei, a major human rights violator, as the Islamic Republic’s new judiciary chief is another indication…

Baluch Prisoners Edris Gargij and Hashem Torabi Executed in Zahedan

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - At least two prisoners sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder were executed in Zahedan Central Prison. According…

Unidentified 37-year-old Man Executed in Mashhad

Iran Human Rights (IHR) -  A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Mashhad Central Prison. According to the…