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Iran: Three Prisoners hanged in Hamedan; 32 executions in July 2020

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Three men arrested for the rape of a woman, have been executed in Hamedan Central…

Iranians Protest Killing Of Kurdish Porters By Border Guards

Radiofarda - Iranian social media users pushed the hashtag created in support of Kurdish tansborder porters (kolbar) to the top…

Strikes In Iran’s Oil Sector Continue And Expand To Other Industries

Radiofarda - Workers in various industrial sectors in Iran, including oil, gas and petrochemical industries, continued their strikes on Sunday…

Iran Human Rights Monitor Monthly Report – July 2020

Iran-HRM - July 202 was marked by the Iranian regime’s pervasive use of the death penalty and torture, suppression of…

Iranian Workers Strike In Different Sectors, Notably Oil And Gas

Radiofarda - A wave of labor strikes has hit Iran on Saturday, August 1 in different sectors and plants, including…

Inmates in Alarming Conditions in Iran Prisons Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: “we can’t even buy disinfectants”

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Prisoners in many prisons do not have access to disinfectant products and masks. Overcrowding, malnutrition,…

Leaked Iran Judiciary Letters Claim Government Ignored Requests For Coronavirus Aid To Prisons

Radiofarda - Amnesty International on Friday released the text of four letters from the hardliner-dominated Judiciary's Prisons Organization written to…

Iran Opens New Case on Jailed Dissident, Dashing Release Hopes

VOA - Iran has opened a new investigation into a dissident whom it has jailed for most of the past…

Death Sentences for Five Men Upheld Despite Allegations of Torture, False Confessions

CHRI —Death sentences against five men arrested in Isfahan Province, central Iran, in connection with nationwide protests during December 2017-January 2018, have been…

Iran: Prisoner Morteza Pirkhezri Executed at Sanandaj Prison

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A prisoner on death row for qisas (retribution in-kind) on charges of "premeditated murder" was…