Human rights

Iranwire – A former security official who still advises Iran’s state security organizations has told IranWire in a short interview that the spread of protests across Iran has taken the regime by surprise. The former official, who asked not to be named for safety reasons, said that IRGC chiefs are accusing the police, the army and the Ministry of Intelligence …

VOA – Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard Saturday attacked a Kurdish militant group’s base located in the north of neighboring Iraq, state media said, a week after widespread anti-government protests began over a young woman’s death in police custody. FILE – Kurdish and Lebanese women take part in a rally in Beirut, Sept. 21, 2022, days after the Iranian authorities announced …

VOA – The tears come quickly to Masih Alinejad when she talks about the messages she’s received in recent days from women in Iran protesting against their government after a young woman died in police custody over a violation of the country’s strict religious dress code. They talk about the risks, possibly fatal ones, in facing off against government forces …

VOA – Iran’s main reformist party called Saturday for an end to the mandatory Islamic dress code for women in force since 1983, after eight straight nights of protests. The Union of Islamic Iran People’s Party also called for the winding down of the morality police charged with enforcing the code following the death in their custody of 22-year-old Kurdish …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – At least 54 people have been killed by security forces in protests across Iran. In many cases, returning the bodies are made contingent on secret burials. Hundreds have also been injured or arrested. Internet disruptions and cuts continue across the country. Iran Human Rights implores the international community once again to take urgent action to …

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement the USCIRF Commissioner applauded @USTreasury for issuing Iran General License D-2, enhancing internet access to Iranians protesting. USCIRF Commissioner @Skleinbaum: "USCIRF applauds @USTreasury for issuing Iran General License D-2, enhancing internet access to Iranians protesting mandatory hijab laws and the killing of #MahsaAmini amid the government's cowardly internet shutdowns." https://t.co/H7WSTGOo3h— USCIRF (@USCIRF) September 23, …

Iranwire – Mass demonstrations in Tehran and other cities continued into the small hours of Saturday for the eighth consecutive night tonight since the killing in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Iranians in #Tehran celebrate as police officers retreat from their positions during #IranProtests2022 (Tehran, Sept 24)#Mahsa_Amini #mahsamini #IranProtests #IranRevolution pic.twitter.com/MBWA6vQybA— IranWire (@IranWireEnglish) September 24, 2022 Fresh protests continued at …

Iranwire – Hundreds of people have been arrested since protests against the Islamic Republic erupted in Iran last Friday, prompted by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The campaign of arbitrary arrests intensified on Thursday after Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei announced the judiciary had green-lit a policy of “preventative detentions” for the foreseeable future. Follow Up Iran, …

Iranwire – Narges Hosseini, one of the anti-forced hijab activists known as the “Women of Revolution Street” who attained global fame in 2018, has been arrested and is being held in Kashan Prison. The 33-year-old was detained on Wednesday and managed to tell her family her whereabouts in a call from the prison in Isfahan province today. The family began …

VOA – The spokesperson for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that the U.N. chief met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in New York this week and raised human rights issues in light of Iranian security forces’ ongoing crackdown on protesters. At a news briefing, spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters Guterres met with the Iranian president Thursday on the sidelines …