Human rights

Iranwire – Nahaleh Shahidi, a Baha’i citizen, was arrested on March 28 and taken to the Kerman Intelligence Department.  After 37 days of detention in the Intelligence Department, she was transferred to Kerman prison.  Since her transfer to prison, Shahidi has been held indefinitely, and her request for temporary release on bail has been denied. According to one of her …

Iranwire – Abolfazl Pourhosseini, a resident of Karaj, has been held in detention for over three months on the charge of “disrespecting the leadership.” A source familiar with Pourhosseini’s situation told IranWire that plainclothes officers took him into custody on the evening of June 23 in Karaj, near Tehran, and subjected him to severe physical violence. The officers hit the …

VOA – Iran must take “de-escalatory steps” on its nuclear program if it wants to make space for diplomacy with the United States, starting by cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday. The comments by spokesperson Matt Miller at a briefing was the second time in recent days that the United States …

Iran-HRM – Verishe Moradi, also known as ‘ Ciwana Sine,’ a citizen of Sanandaj, political activist, and women’s rights defender, has been abducted by the Iranian security forces for nearly two months. Her family is kept in the dark regarding her situation and whereabouts. According to reports received by Iran Human Rights Monitor (IranHRM), Verishe Moradi, a women’s rights defender …

Al-Arabia – Iran has sentenced four people to death for selling contaminated bootleg alcohol that killed 17 people and sent dozens more to hospital in June, the judiciary said on Tuesday. The sale and consumption of alcohol has been banned in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, giving rise to a huge illicit trade in smuggled or bootleg alcohol, some of it …

Iranwire – Mohsen Borhani, a law professor at Tehran University who has openly supported protests, says he has been “suspended” from his position. Borhani said on September 25 that he is no longer allowed to teach as the new academic year began on September 23.  He also said that he is facing legal action from multiple security agencies over his …

Iranwire – For the second year in a row, a French teacher incarcerated in Iran for more than 500 days has celebrated her birthday in Tehran’s Evin prison. Considered a state hostage by the French government, Cécile Kohler marked her 39th birthday on September 25. Noémie Kohler, president of the support committee Liberté pour Cécile, posted a photo of her …

Iranwire – Prominent Iranian lawyer Arash Keikhosravi was incarcerated on September 25 to serve a one-year prison term, according to his sister.  Azita Keikhosravi said on social media that her brother was arrested at the prosecutor’s office and subsequently taken to Tehran’s Evin prison. Keikhosravi has been sentenced to prison for endorsing a statement titled “The majority of Iranians no …

Iranwire – The family of Javad Heydari, a 39-year-old protester killed at a protest a year ago, is facing renewed pressure from the authorities, with his brother Morteza being forced into confessions and transferred to solitary confinement while on a hunger strike, his sister says. Fatemeh Heydari wrote in a post on X on September 25 that Morteza was transferred …

Al-Monitor – An American-Iranian dual national died in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on Saturday due to lack of medical attention, according to reports. An anonymous source told BBC Persian that Faramarz Javidzad, 60, was taken to hospital after he suffered stomach bleeding, but he was later returned to the prison in the Iranian capital where he later died due to lack of …