Human rights

Amnesty – The Iranian authorities must immediately halt all executions of people sentenced to death in relation to nationwide protests, Amnesty International said today, condemning the arbitrary executions of Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini on 7 January and warning that Mohammad Ghobadlou and others risk the same fate. On 2 January, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction and …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Peyman Arab Gicheh who was sentenced to death for drug-related offences, has been executed in Karaj Penitentiary. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Karaj Penitentiary on January 10. His identity has been established as Peyman Arab Gicheh, who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Majid Sedaghat who was sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder, has been executed in Yasuj Prison. According to HRANA news agency, a man was executed in Yasuj Prison on January 8. His identity has been reported as Majid Sedaghat who was sentenced to qisas for murder. At the time of writing, his execution has not been reported by domestic …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Nazir Sorkhkaman, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was secretly executed in Roudan Prison in Hormozgan. According to Hal Vash, a Baluch was executed in Roudan Prison on January 9. His identity has been reported as 28-year-old Nazir Sorkhkaman who undocumented and from the village of Milak in Zabol. An informed source …

Iranwire – An Iranian court has sentenced a member of the country’s persecuted Baha’i religious minority to six years in prison, as the authorities are intensifying their crackdown on the faith amid nationwide anti-government protests. The Tehran Revolutionary Court handed Badie Khazei five years for acting “against national security” and another year for “spreading propaganda against the system,” according to …

Iranwire – Iran’s judiciary says a Belgian aid worker who has been jailed in the country for nearly one year has been sentenced to a total of 40 years in prison and dozens of lashes on four charges including espionage. Following a closed-door trial, the Tehran Islamic Revolution Court sentenced Olivier Vandecasteele to 12.5 years in prison for espionage, 12.5 …

Iran-HRM – Mohammad Ghobadlou, a resident of Parand in Tehran, was born on January 1, 2001. He is one of the thousands of detainees of recent protests in Iran. The Iranian Judiciary sentenced him to death without Mohammad Ghobadlou’s right to an attorney. Mohammad Ghobadlou suffers from bipolar disorder; he was charged with murdering a police officer and injuring five …

CHRI – While the Islamic Republic has been gunning down and executing street protesters, it has also been arresting defense attorneys—at least 44 since September—to block their ability to seek justice for arbitrarily arrested activists and street protesters, according to research by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Meanwhile, detainees continue to be forced to use lawyers from a …

Al-Monitor – The office of Iran’s prosecutor-general issued a series of new directives Tuesday to the country’s police to act “decisively” against women who fail to comply with the country’s controversial hijab rules. The ISNA news agency quoted Deputy Prosecutor-General Abdolsamad Khorramabadi as saying that police will be obliged to arrest and hand over to the judiciary women who remove their headscarves …

Al-Arabia – A court in northern Iran has sentenced another man to death for participating in protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, state media reported on Tuesday. Javad Rouhi, who was sentenced to death after being convicted of the capital charge of “corruption on earth,” was a “leader” of protests in the city of Nowshahr where he is …