Iran: Public Execution of a Person with Mental Illness
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A prisoner was hanged in public at Iranian city of Taft (Central Iran) on Thursday,…
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Rouhani Cabinet’s Refusal to Allocate Funding for Disabilities Law Will Harm Millions
CHRI - Law for the Protection of the Rights of Disabled Persons Requires Designated Funding (more…)
Fearing Punishment, Iran’s Students Turn Away From Politics
Radiofarda - Nearly ten years after a harsh crackdown ended Iran’s youth-driven Green Movement, sometimes called the “Persian Spring,” it…
Labor Activists Say Detained Worker Tortured, Sent To Hospital
Radiofarda - Labor activists in Iran say a detained worker and labor leader was tortured in custody and hospitalized in…
Iranian Authorities Upscale the Crackdown of Independent Lawyers
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Amirsalar Davoudi, member of the Iranian Bar Association was arrested by the Iranian Judiciary on…
Prominent Imprisoned Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Hunger Strikes For Fellow Prisoner Farhad Meysami
CHRI - Imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh started a second hunger strike on November 26, 2018, to protest the Iranian…
Iran Executions: Man Hanged at Tabriz Prison
iranhr - According to the IHR sources, Hassan Fakhri, a citizen of Sarab city, was executed on the early morning…
Death of Satirist Alireza Rezaei in Exile Prompts Outpouring of Grief from Iranians Forced by State Repression to Flee Iran
iranhumanrights - The death in exile of prominent Iranian satirist Alireza Rezaei has prompted an outpouring of grief by his…
UN Experts: Iran Must Protect Women’s Rights Advocates
iranhumanrights - GENEVA – UN PRESS RELEASE (29 November 2018) – UN human rights experts* have called on Iran to…
Iran Prosecutor Says Imprisoned Ecologists Were ‘Israeli, US’ Agents
radiofarda - Iran’s attorney general has said that imprisoned ecologists were agents of influence for Israel and the United States…