Human rights

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 …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Faramarz Shakhsi, a man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Urmia Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Urmia Central Prison on 5 May. His identity has been established as 30-year-old Faramarz Shakhshi who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court. An …

Iranwire – Rights organizations and activists say they have joined forces to form the Keep It On coalition to ensure pressure remains on the authorities to stop ongoing human rights violations in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchistan Province. In a joint statement signed by various media rights platforms such as Haalvsh and Baloch Activists Campaign, along with organizations including …

Iranwire – The Iranian judiciary has sentenced well-known civil rights activist Sepideh Gholian to two years in prison for “insulting” the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader.    “We received the news yesterday that Sepideh has been sentenced to another two years in prison, which effectively means starting over what we thought had just ended,” her brother Mehdi wrote on Instagram on May …

Iranwire – The Coordinating Council of Teachers Union has condemned the “brutal killing” of a teacher and trade union activist in the south-eastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, and urged the authorities to identify and punish the perpetrators. Hossein Mehdipour was killed in an attack by unknown armed individuals on May 2, which coincided with Teachers’ Day in Iran, the …