Human rights

Radiozamaneh – Tehran police forcefully dispersed a crowd of cyclists who had gathered in Tehran’s Laleh park for a weekly gathering of the Tuesdays: No Car Day. On 6 Sept, Tehran police prevented green campaigners from holding a group ride in Tehran. Javad Heydariyan, reporting from Tehran says that the police’s action were despite the fact that some government officials …

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RFL/RE – Iranian media reported that police have shut down more than 800 clothing stores across the country for selling “unconventional and inappropriate” attire — believed to mean Western-style outfits and women’s clothing that doesn’t meet strict Islamic requirements. The reports on September 5 said the raids took place over a 10-day span after authorities first sent official warnings to …

Iranhr.net – An unidentified 22-year-old prisoner was hanged on murder charges in Ardabil Central Prison. The death sentence for an unidentified 22-year-old prisoner, who was charged with the murder of a physician, was reportedly carried out at Ardabil Central Prison on the morning of Saturday September 3. Iranian state-run news agency Mizan confirmed the execution, quoting Nasser Atabati, Ardabil’s public …

Iranhumanrights.org – Labor activists Jafar Azimzadeh and Shapour Ehsani-Rad have been put on trial for allegedly inciting workers to strike. The first day of their trial was held on August 29, 2016 at Branch 101 of the Second Criminal Court in the city of Saveh, 76 miles southwest of Tehran. “This case doesn’t have any legal foundation,” an informed source …

RFL/RE – Prominent student activist and women’s rights advocate Bahareh Hedayat has been released in Iran after spending more than six years in jail, her husband says. Amin Ahmadian,announced Hedayat’s release in a post on Instagram where he said he couldn’t believe that she was finally free. Hedayat was among scores of activists, intellectuals, and reformist figures who were arrested …

HRANA News Agency – After mass execution of at least 20 Sunni prisoners in Rajaei Shahr on August 1st, some of their family members were witnessed they are buried, now these families are stuck in a disturbing game and left in bewilderment. Some officials in Behsht-e-Zahra (cemetery) told these families who went to request for some service related to the …

HRANA News Agency – Attorney general of Golesatan province warned editors of news and social websites about “discriminatory and irresponsible” context and emphasized that if such case is being identified, these media will be banned and they will face the consequences. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Seyed Mostafa Haghi, general attorney of common and …

HRANA News Agency – Amanj Vaisi, juvenile offender who was arrested and sentenced to death on charge of murder when was 15, is still being held in prison in Marivan after 10 years in the shadow of death. He is not a child any more. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Amanj Vaisi was born …

PayvandNews – A senior Iranian official slams as unjustified and invalid the appointment of any UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights “The Islamic Republic of Iran has always maintained a fundamental stance on the appointment of a special rapporteur with a country mandate,” Mohammad Javad Larijani, the secretary of …