Human rights

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mohammad Hijwan, a Baluch man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Jiroft Prison today. According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Jiroft Prison on 13 June. His identity has been reported as 40-year-old Mohammad Hijwan from Eslam Abad in Jiroft. He was sentenced to qisas for murder. At the time of writing, his …

Iranwire – Farhad Meysami is a doctor, teacher, civil rights activist and political prisoner at Rajaei Shahr Prison near Tehran, also known as Gohardasht. He has provided IranWire with a written account of recent executions in that prison. Meysami was arrested on July 31, 2018 by agents of the Intelligence Ministry who found badges bearing a message against forced veiling at …

Iran-HRM – Twenty-six Baha’is living in Shiraz have been sentenced to a total of 85 years in prison, revocation of their passports, travel bans, and being sent to exile on charges of “assembly and collusion to disrupt the internal and external national security.” The verdict was issued in Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz, presided over by Judge …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Seven Greater Tehran Penitentiary prisoners are at imminent risk of having their four fingers amputated for theft charges. Iran Human Rights calls on the international community for urgent action to stop the implementation of these inhumane sentences. Iran Human Rights Director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said: “Countries with diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran must …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Baba Sabzi, a Kurdish man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, has been executed in Kermanshah Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a Kurdish man was executed in Kermanshah Central Prison on 9 June. His identity has been established as 42-year-old Baba Sabzi who had been sentenced to death for drug-related charges …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Six men who were sentenced to death for the same rape case, have all been executed in Gorgan Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, six men were executed in Gorgan Prison on the morning of 6 June. Three of them have been identified as Younes Jahantigh, Ali Keykhah and Ali Lakzayi. The …

Iran-HRM – June 12 is World Day Against Child Labor. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, members of the United Nations General Assembly, including Iran must combat the economic abuse of children, but the number of child laborers in Iran has increased due to poverty as well as lack of action on the part …

RFL/RE – The lawyer for a teachers’ union activist, who has been on hunger strike for nine days after being jailed for meeting with French counterparts, says his client has been transferred to a prison in Tehran amid concerns about his deteriorating health. Saleh Nikbakht, who represents Eskandar Lotfi, told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda on June 10 that his client and other teachers …

RFL/RE – Dozens of students have issued a joint statement calling on authorities to end “authoritarian” restrictions at Iranian universities, including tighter rules around the wearing of hijabs by female students. In the statement, issued on June 10, the students criticized “the violent actions of university security officials” and called on other students and university professors “to protest against the authoritarian attack …

Iranwire – Two workers in the Iranian city of Mahshahr, in Khuzestan province, set themselves on fire this week in protest at their dismissal from their jobs. A report published today, 10 June, by the Free Trade Union of Iran, said that the workers had been employed by Farad Petrochemical for the past three years. Three previous attempted worker suicides …