Human rights

RFL/RE – The Free Union of Iranian Workers says 67 workers from the South Pars Gas Company were arrested over the weekend after they came to Tehran from the southern city of Bushehr to hold a protest rally in front of the Oil Ministry building.The union said the protesting employees were confronted by security and police forces and their mobile phones were …

Iran-HRM – Yesterday the news website Tarafdari shared a video of a young Sepahan FC fan who stuck outside the gates of Isfahan’s Fouladshahr Stadium as a match between Sepahan and Zob-e Ahan kicked off inside. Swathed in the club’s black and yellow flag, the distraught interviewee said: “I really don’t see why this enmity has to continue. Why should we be …

August 2022 saw a spree of executions and the brutal suppression of civil liberties. At least 51 people were executed in August including a woman and two child offenders. Iranian authorities increased persecution of the Baha’i religious minority last month through raids, arbitrary arrests, home demolitions, and land grabs. These are a part of the issues covered in this monthly …

RFL/RE – Two Iranian women have been sentenced to death for their activism in support of the country’s LGBT community. The state IRNA news agency reported the sentences of Zahra Hamadani and Elham Chubdar on September 5, a day after the Hengaw human rights network said it had received reports that the two were informed of the punishment a few days earlier. …

VOA – Iran has stepped up its actions against Baha’i citizens, arresting 12 believers Tehran accuses of being “heretics” and having links to Israel in a continuing crackdown that has been condemned by Iranian and global rights groups. Iranian state media on Sunday said the arrests took place in different cities in Mazandaran province, the same area where 14 members …

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement USCRIF commissioner expressed concern in regards to well-being of Kasra Nouri, a Sufi prisoner who has been imprisoned in Iran for being a Sufi for number of years. USCIRF Commissioner @imammagid: "USCIRF is also concerned for Kasra Nouri's well-being in light of his transfer Saturday to the Ministry of Intelligence Office in Shiraz for …

Iran-HRM – Baluch activists reported that two political prisoners, one of whom was a child at the time of his arrest, were executed today at the Central Zahedan Prison. The two Baluch political prisoners Mohsen Ghanbarzahi and Einollah Ghanbarzahi, were executed on Saturday, September 3, two days after being taken to solitary confinement. The two, who were relatives, were arrested …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mohammad Khosravi was executed for drug-related offences in Arak Central Prison along with Hamid Ghareh Lar. According to newly obtained information by Iran Human Rights, another man was executed in Arak Central Prison on August 31. His identity has been established as 30-year-old Mohammad Khosravi who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mohammad Hassan Kahrari and Morteza Teimouri were executed for drug-related offences in Arak Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Arak Central Prison on August 31. Their identities have been established as 27-year-old Mohammad Hassan Kahrari and 28-year-old Morteza Teimouri. Their families were not notified of their …

RFL/RE – Iranian filmmaker Ali Ahmadzadeh has been arrested, the latest in a series of detentions of cultural and activist figures in Iran. Sources told RFERL’s Radio Farda that Ahmadzadeh was arrested in Tehran on August 30, after being summoned to security agencies several times in recent months.The reason for his arrest is not clear. However, he had recently finished production …