Human rights

Iranwire – The head of the UN’s top human rights body has appointed the members of the recently established fact-finding mission on human rights abuses committed by Iranian authorities in their bloody crackdown on nationwide protests. The president of the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, Federico Villegas of Argentina, has picked Sara Hossain of Bangladesh, Shaheen Sardar Ali of Pakistan and …

Iranwire – Iranian police arrested a member of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority on December 10, IranWire understands. Armed agents raided the home of Massoud Momzat, in the southeastern city of Shiraz, confiscated personal electronic devices, and took him to an unknown location. No further information on Momzat’s condition has been forthcoming since his arrest.  The Iranian authorities’ crackdown on members …

VOA – Iranian director Asghar Farhadi on Tuesday urged the release of Taraneh Alidoosti, who has starred in four of his films, after the actor’s arrest for supporting the three-month protest movement. Alidoosti, 38, was arrested on Saturday, official media said, after making a string of social media posts supporting the protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death — including removing …

CHRI – The sentencing of theater actor Hossein Mohammadi to death in Iran after a show trial, and the arbitrary detentions of more than 100 film and theatre industry workers including superstar Taraneh Alidoosti, mark the latest chapter of the Islamic Republic’s deadly crackdown on dissent three months into the anti-state protests that have rocked the nation. “The international community, including film …

Iranwire – The lawyer of Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, an anti-government Iranian protestor sentenced to death, says his client’s confessions have been obtained “under torture” and therefore have no legal validity. The lawyer, Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani, said on Twitter that he managed to meet Hosseini for the first time on December 18 in the prison in the northern city of Karaj …

Iranwire – On October 26, as thousands of protesters across Iran marked the 40th day since the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police, official news agencies reported a deadly attack on a Shia shrine in the southern city of Shiraz. Fars news agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, published a short news …

Iran-HRM – On Saturday, December 17, 2022, prisoners held in the Central Prison of Karaj protested to prevent the transfer of four prisoners who are sentenced to death by Iran’s Judiciary. These prisoners began chanting “Death to Khamenei.” Protesting prisoners from halls (Wards) 2, 3 and 5 of the prison intended to prevent further executions of Iranians. The names and …

Al-Monitor – Iran’s judiciary rejected pleas on Monday to delay sentences against protestors urging prosecutors to carry out verdicts without delay. Since protests began in Iran three months ago, Iran’s judiciary body has been one of the government’s most active branches in the suppression of the demonstrations. Speaking at a meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council, Iran’s judiciary chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni …

As the Iranian regime is fearing the end drawing closer their expected strategy is to intensify their system of terror in a repressive strategy with the objective of discouraging the uprising of the people. Two young men have thus far been publicly executed following trials that have been severely criticized by the international community. 23-year old Mohsen Shekari and Majidreza …

Shabtabnews – As part of a defamation campaign against the members of IOPHR ( International organisation to preserve human rights ) a certain groups of individuals have started to appear on various social media platforms in order to spread lies and slanders against the members of IOPHR. One of the programs that recently broadcasted these lies was the Youtube medial …