Human rights

Iranwire – “They killed him. I swear, they killed him. I don’t mean they physically strangled him with a rope or beat him to death, but during these three months when his sentence was overturned, they killed him by keeping him waiting.” These are the words from a former cellmate of Javad Rouhi, an Iranian man who was detained during …

Iranwire – A US court has found the Islamic Republic of Iran responsible for the torture inflicted on former Deputy Prime Minister Abbas Amirentezam during his almost 40 years of unlawful incarceration and house arrest that ultimately led to his death in 2018. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of Amirentezam’s children, ordering …

Iranwire – An Iranian court has sentenced teacher activist Abolfazl Khoran to six years and eight months in prison, as well as 72 lashes, amid what the Coordinating Council of Educators’ Trade Unions called the “continuation of repression and intimidation of the teachers’ community.”  The council reported that Khoran was also banned from social media activities and exiled to the …

Iranwire – Saeed Masouri, a political prisoner who has spent 23 years behind bars, wrote a letter from Ghezelhesar prison in Karaj, near Tehran, in which he describes the facility as a “black hole” where inmates are denied the most basic amenities. “They lack even the bare essentials. There is no access to water, food or decent clothing,” wrote Masouri, …

Iranwire – An Iranian woman who made headlines in February after protesting the mandatory hijab during a meeting of engineers in Tehran has been sentenced to 74 lashes for “offending public decency.” The sentence, which was handed down on September 7, is suspended for five years, meaning that the punishment will be carried out if Zeinab Kazemi commits another “criminal …

Iranwire – Louis Arnaud, a French tourist arbitrarily jailed in Iran for 344 days, is celebrating his 36th birthday behind bars. “Today Louis is celebrating his 36th birthday in prison in Tehran. We think strongly of him, his parents, his sister. Let’s say STOP together! To support them, we are calling on you to tweet a photo of you holding …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – An unidentified woman sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Qom Central Prison. According information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a woman was executed in Qom Central Prison on 5 September. Her identity has not been established at the time of writing. She was from Varamin and had been sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder. …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Ali Abbas Najari, a man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, has been executed in Shiraz Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Shiraz Central Prison (Adel Abad) on 5 September. His identity has been established as 37-year-old Ali Abbas Najari from Shiraz. Ali Abbas was arrested three years …

Iranwire – The Paris-based media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged Iranian authorities to release Elahe Mohammadi, a journalist it said has been incarcerated for the past 11 months for “giving a voice to women” in Iran. Mohammadi has been held since her arrest on September, 29, 2022, for covering the funeral of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who …

CHRI – On Tuesday, September 5, 2023, political prisoner Saeed Masouri, in a message from prison, addressed the horrifying and inhumane conditions of Qezel Hessar prison. He holds Hashem Hayat Al-Ghaib, the Director-General of Prisons in Tehran Province, and Ejei, the Chief of the Judiciary, responsible for this situation. Saeed Masouri was arrested at the age of 35 and has …