Human rights

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Zarif Kakar, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Zabol Prison. According to the Baluch Activists Campaign, a Baluch man was executed in Zabol Prison on the morning of July 7. His identity has been reported as Zarif Kakar who was from the Karim Abad region in Zahedan and had …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Behzad Narouyi, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Zahedan Central Prison. According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Zahedan Central Prison on the morning of July 7. His identity has been reported as 33-year-old Behzad Narouyi. Behzad Narouyi was a taxi driver in Zahedan at the …

Iran-HRM – Mashhad University of Medical Sciences confirmed that the teams of ” Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice” started their activities in hospitals to control the compulsory hijab.  In a statement on Thursday Mashhad University of Medical Sciences said by the decision of the headquarters of Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, special teams “have …

Iranwire – On June 29, Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported that 10 convicts had been executed at Rajaei Shahr Prison in Karaj near Tehran. Of these 10, one was sentenced to death for “sodomy by force” and the other for “rape”. The other eight were executed for murder. The two men executed in relation to sexual offences have been identified …

RFL/RE -A member of the Iranian parliament says that about 80 percent of Iranians use tools on their mobile phones to bypass Internet filtering and censorship. In an interview with ILNA news agency on July 6, Gholamreza Nouri Qazaljeh said that many popular websites in Iran are filtered to the extent that even children and teenagers “have to have tools …

Iranwire – Over the last fortnight Iran’s infamous morality patrols have stepped up their presence, and their harassment of women, in several major cities. Social media users report that they are in new cars and deploying more violence than usual. It coincides with renewed tirades from officials of all strips across Iran about “Islamic hijab”, “chastity” and the need to …

Iranwire – A spokesperson for Poland’s Nicolaus Copernicus University has confirmed in an interview with Radio Farda that one of the university’s professors, Matsey Walczak, has been imprisoned in Iran for almost a year. “Unfortunately, I can confirm this information,” said the spokesperson, Martin Czyzniewski. “But this information is not new. Three professors of our university were arrested in September …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Soada Khadirzadeh has been held in Urmia Prison despite her poor health after giving birth. Branch 3 of the Criminal Court of Mahabad County has set bail of 3 billion Tomans for her release, which her family has so far failed to secure. She gave birth to her baby girl on June 20 after two weeks …

Iran-HRM – Iranian trade union activist Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh has been on a hunger strike since June 30, in Adelabad Prison of Shiraz. He is protesting his continued detention and his confinement with common criminals. Mohammad Ali Zahmatkesh was arrested on May 14 in a peaceful gathering of teachers in the city of Shiraz. Iranian security forces began a widespread wave …

Iran-HRM – Security forces arrested former political prisoner Seyyed Javad Seyedi during a gathering of retirees in Tehran on July 2 and transferred him to Ward 209 of Evin Prison controlled by the Intelligence Ministry. He has been imprisoned in undecided condition while being denied access to his lawyer and relatives. Previously, Seyyed Javad Seyedi was sentenced by Branch 28 …