Human rights

Iranwire – For more than 30 years now, since its inception in California in 1990, April 25 to March 1 has been designated Lesbian Visibility Week: an international celebration and much-needed foregrounding of women who love women. Like other members of the LGBT+ community, gay women often experience erasure from public life and conversations that ought to be shared, and …

CHRI – When Atena Daemi was growing up in Iran and attending school in a religious-conservative neighborhood in south Tehran, she noticed the many ways in which women were treated differently than men. Girls had to cover almost every inch of their bodies and severly restrict their activities, while men could wear and do almost anything they wanted. “Later… I realized that …

Iranwire – Within the nexus of unaccountable bodies that make up the Iranian state, the Revolutionary Guards, the Foreign Ministry, Religious Endowments Organization and a number of others are also supporters of a virulent antisemitic supposed think-tank by the name of the Jewish Studies Center. Since its inception in 2016, the site has published more than 1,000 antisemitic articles, reports, comment …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Behnam Mousivand, a civil activist on hunger strike in Rajai Shahr Prison, was transferred to the quarantine ward of Evin Prison yesterday. He has been on hunger strike since April 19 and his health is reported to be in a deteriorating condition. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, Behnam Mousivand was transferred to …

Shabtabnews – Yesterday USCIRF published its annual report on religious freedom. The report highlighted the sharp decline in religious freedom conditions witnessed in Afghanistan and many other countries like Iran. For full USCIRF report see below document: 2022-USCIRF-Annual-Report_1Download

Iranwire – A man has been arrested in Iran for posting a video of himself online in clerical garb and claiming to be the twelfth Shiite Imam. The man published the video on Sunday, announcing that he was “the Lord of the Ages, the Promised Mahdi, and the one who endures with Allah”: all names for the mythical “hidden” Imam …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Elite students Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi who were held in pretrial detention for two years, have been sentenced to 16 years imprisonment by the court of first instance. Condemning the unjust sentences, Iran Human Rights calls for the acquittal and release of the students. Iran Human Rights Director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said: “This unjust conviction …

VOA -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Iran on Saturday to release an American citizen he said has been held for years as a “political pawn,” as the nations inch toward restoration of a nuclear deal. Emad Sharghi was sentenced to 10 years in prison on spying charges, Iranian media reported in January 2021, saying he was detained trying …

RFL/RE – When Iranian women recently tried to enter a soccer match between Iran and Lebanon in Mashhad on March 29, they were violently beaten by guards at the stadium, despite holding tickets. The decision to again exclude female fans has caused widespread anger in Iran. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-female-soccer-mashhad-violence-human-rights/31814616.html

amnesty – This briefing documents how Iranian officials are committing shocking violations of the right to life by deliberately denying ailing prisoners lifesaving healthcare and refusing to investigate and ensure accountability for unlawful deaths in custody. The briefing details the circumstances surrounding the deaths in custody of 92 men and four women in 30 prisons in 18 provinces across Iran …