Human rights

Iran-HRM – On Sunday, October 30, 2022, Branch 29 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court held a hearing for Sahand Noor Mohammadzadeh, Ali Hooshmandi Fotovat, and Behdad Eskandarnejad. The three defendants were detained during recent protests in Iran. The prosecutor’s representative said, the defendants had participated in protests in Tehran on September 23, 2022. Sahand Noor Mohammadzadeh had blocked the Ashrafi Esfahani …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – At least 326 people including 43 children and 25 women have been killed by security forces in the ongoing nationwide protests. Iran Human Rights calls on the international community once again to counter the killing of Iranian people with firm and timely action and reiterates the need to establish a mechanism to hold the Islamic …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – UN experts issued a statement today urging Iranian authorities to stop using the death penalty as a tool to squash protests and reiterated their call to immediately release all protesters who have been arbitrarily deprived of their liberty for the sole reason of exercising their legitimate rights to freedom of opinion and expression, association and peaceful assembly and …

newsweek.com – After numerous calls for harsh punishments in recent days, the Iranian parliament on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of the death penalty for protesters. Iran has been experiencing unprecedented levels of protests and civil unrest since the death of Mahsa Amini on September 16. The 22-year-old Kurdish woman was arrested by the country’s “morality police” for supposedly wearing an “improper” form of …

Iranwire – At least three female students were reportedly wounded by rubber bullets when security forces cracked down on an anti-government protest in the Iranian city of Kerman. Protesting students were gathered in the streets around a dormitory of the Kerman University of Medical Sciences on November 11 when the rally turned violent, the United Students Telegram channel reported. A …

Iranwire – Iranian state media have published the photos, names and addresses of nine exiled reporters who are set to cover the 2022 World Cup starting later this month in Qatar, warning them it would be their “last supper.” The named journalists are living abroad and are working for the BBC Persian Service, Iran International and Manoto, three London-based Persian-language …

Iranwire – Nearly 30 years after a 1994 attack on a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires killed 85 people and injured hundreds, no one has been brought to trial yet. Argentine courts have blamed the attack on Iran, which denies any role in the bombing, and Argentina’s repeated calls on other countries to detain those accused of involvement have …

Iranwire – Iranian security forces have arrested a woman accused of being an “agent” of the London-based television broadcaster and of fomenting the current wave of protests, local media reported on November 10, amid a state crackdown on a nationwide wave of protests. Persian-language Iran International TV tweeted that the woman, Elham Afkari, never “worked for or collaborated” with the …

Amnesty – Security forces unlawfully killed at least 18 protesters, bystanders and worshippers, including two children, and injured scores of others during a deadly crackdown on largely peaceful protests after Friday prayers in the city of Khash, Sistan and Baluchistan province, on 4 November 2022. This latest deadly incident in Sistan and Baluchistan province reveals that protesters from the oppressed …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Islamic Republic authorities have repeatedly threatened protesters with the death penalty in recent days. Detainees have been charged and tried for security-related charges that carry the death penalty by the Revolutionary Courts. Underlining the Islamic Republic’s history of using the death penalty to create societal fear, Iran Human Rights warns of the possibility of hasty executions …