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Human rights

At the UN, states urged Iran to stop child execution, address women’s rights issues and other long-standing rights violations

IHR – UN member states raised alarm today at violence and discrimination against women, juvenile executions, and child marriage among other…

Iran: Man Hanged at Borujerd Prison

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A man was hanged at the central prison of Borujerd city last Thursday. According to…

UN Panel Asks Iran To Protect Women, Minors And Improve Human Rights

Radiofarda - A United Nations panel of 33 member states reviewed Iran’s human rights record in Geneva on Friday and…

Jailed Rights Defender Says Prison Or Not, It Makes No Difference In Iran

Radiofarda - "In an era of injustice in Iran, being behind bars, or not, makes no difference", the renowned imprisoned…

Authorities break up mixed-gender party in north Iran, arrest 13

Iran-HRM - Officials in the northern city of Kelardasht in Mazandaran Province say 13 young men and women were arrested…

No Action Yet in Parliament on Bill to Ban Broadcast of Confessions During Investigations

CHRI - Bill Does Not Ban Extraction of Confessions, They Can Still Be Used at Later Stages An Iranian parliamentary…

Rule Allowing Appeals Hearings without Defendants Present is Blatant Violation of Law

CHRI - Judiciary Chief and Supreme Leader Hollow Out Appeal Process, Defendants’ Last Line of Defense The decision by Iran’s…

Iran’s Special Clerical Court: Where the Clergy Meet “Justice”

Radiozamaneh - The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) is a theocratic republic, with a governing system unlike any other country,…

Iraq: Iranian tear gas grenades among those causing gruesome protester deaths

Amnesty - Amnesty International has conducted further research into the 40mm “less lethal” grenades killing protesters during the recent violence…

Conservationists Slapped with New Charge 22 Months After Being Arrested by Revolutionary Guards

CHRI - Fate of Detainees Unclear Despite Intervention by Supreme Leader Nearly two years after they were first detained in…