Human rights

Irabwire – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged the Iranian authorities to immediately release a journalist who was arrested last week on unknown charges amid a crackdown on dissent and the media. “Iranian authorities must free journalist Sajjad Shahrabi immediately and unconditionally and cease the practice of arbitrarily locking up members of the press,” CPJ Program Director Carlos Martinez de …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have filed legal cases against two more actresses who recently appeared in public without wearing the mandatory headscarf, local media reported, the latest in a series of similar indictments against celebrities in the country. Baran Kosari, 37, attended the funeral of actor Hesam Mahmoudi without a headscarf on May 5, Tasnim news agency reported, adding that …

CHRI—The execution of three men over the last three days in Iran—two men for “insulting the prophet” and an Iranian-born Swedish citizen and dissident who was abducted in Turkey by Iranian agents—continues the intensifying use of the death penalty to silence dissent in the Islamic Republic. In just the past 10 days, 42 people, including 22 Baluchi citizens, have been …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Islamic Republic’s Judiciary reported the execution of Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare for offences against religion including “blasphemy” and “insulting the prophet.” Emphasising the inhumanity of the death penalty, Iran Human Rights strongly condemns its use against freedom of expression and beliefs, and calls on the international community for an urgent and serious response. …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Six Arab political prisoners have been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions in Ahvaz Central Prison. Executions have spiked since the end of Ramadan, with at least 49 people executed in Iranian prisons. Iran Human Rights once again urges the international community to take urgent steps to stop the execution machine. According …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Davod Mahmoudyar and Behzad Hanifi, two men sentenced to death for drug-related charges, were executed in Urmia Central Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, two men were executed Urmia Central Prison on 5 May. Their identities have been established as Davod Mahmoudyar and Behzad Hanifi, both Urmia natives. They were sentenced to death for drug-related …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Salahedin Majidi and Abdollah Khan Mohammadi, two men sentenced to death for drug-related charges, were executed in Salmas Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, two men were executed Salmas Prison on 6 May. Their identities have been established as Salahedin Majidi and Abdollah Khan Mohammadi. They were sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the …

Al-Monitor – As the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris approach, Iran’s female athletes are speaking out publicly about the inequities in their professional journey, at a time the world is paying attention to the general trend of discrimination against women in Iran.   After Iran women’s national soccer team defeated Myanmar in April to make its way to the second round of the 2024 Olympic …

thenationalnews – British-Iranian hunger striker Vahid Beheshti has “temporarily stopped” his protest outside London’s Foreign Office after being admitted to hospital. Mr Beheshti, who is campaigning to have Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps listed as a terrorists group, had gone 73 days with only water, coffee and sugar cubes.READ MOREKing Charles hosts anti-IRGC hunger striker Vahid Beheshti at Buckingham Palace His wife …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – The Islamic Republic’s judiciary has reported the execution of Swedish-Iranian dual national and Arab dissident activist, Habib Asyoud (Chaab). He was kidnapped from Turkey by Islamic Republic forces in collaboration with international drug gangs in October 2020 and taken to Iran. Condemning the execution of Habib Asyoud who was subjected to torture following his abduction …