Thursday , 28 March 2024

Human rights

Bail Denied to Iranian Rapper Who Supported 2022 Protests

Iranwire – Judicial authorities of the Islamic Republic have denied Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi’s lawyer’s request to dismiss his temporary detention order. According to a post on Salehi’s X social media account, run by his relatives abroad, one reason cited for the denial is the “corruption on Earth” charge in his indictment.  This serious charge carries the potential punishment of …

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Violence Against Kolbars Continue as Iranian Forces Shoot Six

Iranwire – Border forces of the Islamic Republic in the western Kermanshah province have shot and seriously injured six kolbars amid an escalation of violence against the transborder porters.  According to a report by the Kurdpa news agency, six kolbars were injured on March 26 in a shooting incident at the Nowsud border crossing.  The identities of four of the …

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Two Kurdish Kolbars Die, One Shot by Iranian Border Guards

Iranwire – Two Kurdish kolbars lost their lives in separate incidents on the Iranian borders this weekend, according to a report by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights. Soran Abdi, a 22-year-old crossborder porter from Baneh, Sanandaj province, died on Sunday after sustaining critical injuries from gunfire by Iranian border guards near the Hangazhall border crossing.  Despite attempts to get …

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Iran Arrests Transgender Person on ‘Indecency’ Charges

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s police have arrested a transgender individual in northeastern Iran. The police chief of Gonbad-e Kavus, Golestan province, announced the arrest of a transgender person. The individual is arrested on the charge of “gathering a group of young motorcyclists to cause traffic disruptions in Gonbad-e Kavus, with the intention of promoting indecency and promiscuity.” However, the …

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Christian Convert Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Alleged Security Offenses

Iranwire – Laleh Sa’ati, a Christian convert, was sentenced to two years in prison by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court. The verdict, delivered on March 24 by presiding judge Iman Afshari, also restricts her movement by imposing a travel ban, according to a report by the HRANA human rights website. Sa’ati’s alleged crime is “actions against national security.” …

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Global Student Forum Condemns Iran’s Suppression of Student Activists

Iranwire – The Global Student Forum (GSF) has denounced the Iranian government’s suppression of student activities and violation of academic freedoms.  The imprisonment of Ali Ramezani, an award-winning electrical engineering student at Amirkabir University, has attracted strong condemnation by GSF of such persecutions by the Islamic Republic. “The GSF condemns this suppression of peaceful student activism and violation of academic …

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Miscarriage, Mutilation: How an Iranian Family Suffered During Protests

Iranwire – An Iranian family’s three children and their mother suffered irreversible injuries at the hands of the security forces during the nationwide protests of 2022.  The two-month-pregnant daughter miscarried due to injuries inflicted by officers; the younger son lost vision in one eye, and the older son lost hearing in one ear. Additionally, the mother sustained injuries to her …

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Protest in Paris Demands Release of French Citizens Detained in Iran

Iranwire – Over a hundred people rallied in Paris to support French citizens imprisoned in Iran and demand their release. The demonstration, held on March 23, was organized at the urging of the families of four detained French nationals. Protesters carried signs displaying photos and names: Cecil Kohler, Jacques Paris, Louis Arnaud, and a man identified only as Olivier. Olivier’s …

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Iranian Union Activist Still In Jail After Completing Term

RFL/RE – Jafar Ebrahimi, a prominent Iranian teacher and union activist, has not been released from prison despite serving the whole jail term he was sentenced to for organizing teachers’ protests, the Iranian Teachers’ Union’s Coordination Council reported on Telegram. Ebrahimi was arrested in 2022, along with several other union activists, and was handed a two-year jail sentence for illegal assembly, collusion, …

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Iranian Court Overrules Academic Purge, Reinstates Med School Professors

RFL/RE – Iran’s Court of Administrative Justice has ordered the reinstatement of nearly 40 faculty members of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences who had been either dismissed or pressured into retirement in recent years, a professor at the university said on March 25. Reza Malekzadeh told Tehran-based Jamaran News that the academics have successfully contested their removal or enforced retirement — …

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