Human rights

Iranwire – A Kurdish political prisoner was returned to her cell hours after giving birth on Monday and without the chance to see her family, it has emerged. Saada Khedirzadeh, 32, from Piranshahr in West Azerbaijan, was arrested last October and held in a security detention center for 25 days before being transferred to Urmia Central Prison. The charges against …

Iran-HRM – The state security forces arrested dissident activist Majid Khademi on Wednesday, June 22 after he appeared in Branch 1 of the Mahshah Revolutionary Court. The political activist stood trial the same day along with another activist Mehran Gharabaghi​. Majid Khademi’s lawyer wrote on his Twitter account the same day: ” My client Majid Khademi was arrested again today …

Iran-HRM – The teachers’ nationwide rallies have been held under a tight security atmosphere in various cities. Iranian teachers protest the detention of teachers and the non-implementation of the Teachers’ ranking Plan and adjustment of pensions. Teachers chanted anti-regime slogans in their demonstrations. As the Iranian regime has put pressure on activist teachers, they have recently arrested dozens of teachers. …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Maryam Karimbeigi whose brother, Mostafa Karimbeigi was killed in the 2009 nationwide protests, was arrested on June 14 and has been on hunger strike in Ward 209 of Evin Prison since. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, civil activist Maryam Karimbeigi was arrested at her home at 7am on June 14 and transferred …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Fardin Kalahouyi was executed on murder charges in Kermanshah Central Prison more than a month ago. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Kermanshah Central Prison on 18 May 2022. His identity has been established as Fardin Kalahouyi who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder. According to Hengaw who first …

Shabtabnews– The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report: Increasing Religious Freedom Restrictions on Baha’is in Qatar: This factsheet enumerates restrictions on Baha’is in Qatar and demonstrates ways in which these restrictions may be systematic. It discusses the non-renewal of residency visas and the community’s difficulties related to securing a cemetery. It also discusses …

Iranwire – A group of teenage skaters have been arrested in the Iranian city of Shiraz amid a moral panic due to some of the girls in the group not wearing hijab. On Thursday a video was posted online showing a gathering of young people in a park off the city’s Chamran Boulevard, seemingly to talk and skate. Hours later, …

Iranwire – A campaign by Iranian authorities to uproot the Baha’i community in Shiraz took a dark step forward, earlier in June, when Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court sentenced 26 Baha’is to a combined total of 85 years in prison. Each individual was sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to five years. Travel bans and orders to report …

The Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company Workers’ Union has warned that the health condition of Reza Shahabi, a jailed labor activist on his 10th day of a hunger strike, is deteriorating. The union said in a statement dated June 22 that authorities need to release Shahabi, claiming his “continued physical and psychological abuse” coupled with “further interrogations” will fail to …

Iranwire – Reporter and Telegram channel operator Amir Saeinia has been sentenced to six months in prison for “spreading lies via an electronic system” after penning an open letter of complaint to Hassan Morsali, Friday Imam for the city of Sufiyan in East Azerbaijan province. Saeinia runs the Deniz Sesi Telegram channel, an independent news provider sharing items of interest to local …