Human rights

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mokhtar Sadeghi and Houshang Amirzadeh have been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions in Qazvin Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were transferred to solitary confinement on June 6, in preparation for their imminent executions. Their identities have been established as Mokhtar Sadeghi and Houshang Amirzadeh. …

Iranwire – Basir Ebrahimpour, a mechanical engineering student at Tehran’s Amir Kabir University, died after suffering a heart attack on the university campus on May 31. According to the Telegram channel of the university students, the university’s emergency services were immediately informed about the incident, but no immediate action was taken, and it took 45 minutes for an ambulance from …

Iranwire – Iranian security institutions have prevented acclaimed actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, who has expressed solidarity with the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protest movement, from traveling to Austria to participate in a multidisciplinary art festival in Vienna. “Unfortunately, the scheduled performances of The Child have had to be cancelled as the leading actress, Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, has been denied permission to leave Iran,” …

Iranwire – Four imprisoned members of the Baha’i religious minority in Iran have been subjected to coercive measures by interrogators, pressuring them to make confessions on camera, IranWire reports. The actions occurred during the trial of the four citizens on May 31 at Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court. Judge Iman Afshari presided over the proceedings, and the defendants are currently …

Iranwire – It has been 34 days since the arrest of Sajjad Shahrabi, a radio announcer and dubber who is also the brother of Shima Shahrabi, the editor-in-chief of IranWire’s Persian-language website. Held in solitary confinement and interrogated for days, Shahrabi was transferred to the general ward of Tehran’s Evin prison on May 24. Officials announced a bail of 10 billion …

Iranwire – The café that was the workplace of Nika Shakarami, a 16-year-old victim of the bloody crackdown on last year’s nationwide protests, was shut down for a second time for catering to women without hijab. Mohammad Nabi Mousavi-Fard, the Friday Imam of Ahvaz, has supported the closure of all businesses that provide services to women without hijab. Civil resistance …

Iranwire – The father of Mohsen Shekari, a 22-year-old protester who was executed in December after an unfair trial, has said that his son’s gravestone has once again been vandalized. “My family and I have not returned and will not return to the normal life of the past after the loss of our beloved son. But now that we are suffering …

Iranwire – Psychological warfare, known by a number of names including psychological operations and “psy ops,” is one of the oldest tactics employed in wars. Such tactics are aimed at undermining the enemy’s morale and its will to fight or resist and, sometimes, at persuading the enemy to change its position. Another kind of psy-ops is propaganda aimed at strengthening …

Iranwire – In an open letter from Tehran’s Evin Prison, Reza Shahabi, a well-known labor activist, accused the Islamic Republic of having “drawn its daggers against all workers and wage earners since its inception,” and asked members of the International Labor Organization to expel the regime’s representatives from its meetings. “Since the inception of our union, I and my colleagues have …

VOA – The life of a German Iranian detained in Iran is in danger and she is in such pain she can barely move, a fellow prisoner who is a prominent rights activist said Sunday. Nahid Taghavi, 68, was sentenced to 10 years and eight months in jail in August 2021 after being arrested at her Tehran apartment in October …