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Iranian Student Imprisoned for Protesting Downing of Ukrainian Plane

Iran-HRM - Mostafa Hashemizadeh, a student at Tehran University, was summoned Friday to Evin Court to begin serving his sentence of six…

IRF US Ambassador, Sam Brownback, welcomes the sanctioning of Iranian officials.

Shabtabnews - IRF US Ambassador, Sam Brownback, yesterday in a twitter statement welcomed the sanctioning of  several Iranian officials and…

Iran’s Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Against Prisoner After 29 Years

Iran-HRM -Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence against a prisoner who suffered almost 29 years on death row.…

Alarming Rise of Inmates contracting Coronavirus in Southwest Iran

Iran-HRM - The coronavirus is spreading quickly in Sheyban Prison of Ahvaz as the number of inmates has risen in…

Protester Died Under Torture While in Custody, New Reports Indicate

Iran-HRM -Four days after the death of a protester prison, new reports indicate that he was tortured in custody despite…

Jailed Iranian Human Rights Defender Ends Hunger Strike As Health Deteriorates

Radiofarda - Jailed Iranian human rights advocate Nasrin Sotoudeh has ended her hunger strike due to deteriorating health, her husband Reza…

RSF Warns Against Iranian Military Dominating Domestic Internet

Radiofarda - Reporters Without Borders called on Iran on Thursday to halt discussions on an "anti-liberty" parliamentary motion that would…

Prisoner Who Testified about Navid Afkari’s Torture Handed Over to SSF Intelligence

Iran-HRM - Shahin Naseri, the cellmate of Navid Afkari who had testified in court about the torture of the now…

Iran: Female Prisoner Mahtab Shafiei Executed

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A woman sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder has been executed at Rajai Shahr in…

USCIRF applauds yesterday’s US Treasury action to sanction various pieces of Iran’s judicial system

shabtabnews -In a twitter statement the USCIRF applauds yesterday's US Treasury action to sanction various pieces of #Iran's judicial system…