Human rights

Iranwire – A detained Iranian physician who came to the aid of injured protesters during last year’s nationwide protests has been transferred to prison.  Yaser Rahmanirad was arrested on September 21 during a dawn raid on his home in the western city of Khorramabad. IranWire has learned that he has been moved from a detention center of the Islamic Revolutionary …

Iranwire – Officers of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry on October 11 raided the home of the director of the Campaign in Support of Disabled People and confiscated some of his personal belongings, a human rights website reported.  HRANA said that the agents attempted to take Behrouz Morovati with them but were unable to do so due to his physical disability. The …

Iranwire – Three or four times a day, he must put drops of artificial tears, betamethasone and chloramphenicol, an antibiotic, in his eye to prevent further infection and to treat pain, burning and itching. Farzad Moradinia was a worker and a labor activist in Sanandaj, the provincial capital of Iranian Kurdistan, who has been repeatedly arrested and imprisoned for his activities. He …

VOA – The health of a 16-year-old Iranian girl who has been in coma since an alleged assault on the Tehran Metro has “deteriorated” at the hospital, local media reported Wednesday. According to the state news agency IRNA, Armita Garavand fainted because of low blood pressure. But a Kurdish-focused rights group has alleged that she was hurt in a clash …

CHRI – Business owners in Iran are facing severe consequences, including loss of livelihoods and restricted access to vital services such as banking, due to their support for the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement. Testimony shared with the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) reveal the hardships these entrepreneurs, including women business owners, endure. “Since many businesses and shops closed …

RFL/RE – Students at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran have protested after authorities at the school imposed gender segregation in university libraries. The Sharif Today Telegram channel, which covers events at the university, reported on October 9 that “the Faculty of Energy separated study halls by [gender], which led to student protests,” without specifying when exactly the measure was imposed …

Iranwire – The lawyer of Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned Iranian activist who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, says he was prevented from meeting with his client because she refused to wear a head covering. “Today, I went to [Terhran’s] Evin prison to meet with Mrs. Narges Mohammadi,” Mustafa Nili wrote on the social media platform X.  “After waiting for a while …

Iranwire – More than 10 months after the start of what UN experts described as “targeted chemical attacks” against girls’ schools across Iran, the cause of the sudden illness of thousands of pupils still remains a mystery. In an attempt to shed light on the reasons for the chain poisonings, which broke out last year amid nationwide protests led by …

Iranwire – Heroo Ghadimi, a well-known civil activist from the mainly Kurdish city of Saqqez, has been held in custody for nearly one month. Ghadimi, 43, was arrested on September 12, just a few days before the one-year anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody.  According to information obtained by IranWire, she has been allowed to see her daughter just once, …

Iranwire – Branch 36 of the Court of Appeal in Tehran has upheld a five-year prison sentence for Shadi Shahidzadeh, a Baha’i citizen currently in detention in Evin Prison. Shahidzadeh was arrested on May 1 after attempting to address officials regarding the denial of the burial of her grandmother at the Behesht Zahra cemetery in Tehran. The cemetery has refused …