VOA – Authorities in Iran have arrested a university professor on security charges and “suspicious foreign links,” Iranian media reported on Monday. The semiofficial Mehr news agency identified the professor as Saeed Madani but did not provide details or say when and where he was taken into custody. The report said the academic had met with allegedly suspicious foreign citizens …
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Baluch Mohammad Bameri Executed After Failing to Pay €33k Blood Money
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mohammad Bameri, a Baluch man sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Iranshahr Prison after he was unable to pay the €33k diya (blood money). According to the Baluch Activists Campaign, a Baluch man was executed in Iranshahr Prison on the morning of May 14. His identity was reported as Mohammad Bameri from Bakhsh Daman in Iranshahr …
Read More »Unidentified Man Executed for Murder in Mashhad
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – A man only named as Mostafa Kh was executed for murder in Mashhad Central Prison, official sources have reported. According to Rokna, a man was executed in Mashhad Central Prison on the morning of May 11. Sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, he has only been named as 33-year-old Mostafa Kh. The executed man is alleged to …
Read More »Nationwide protests in Iran as food prices increase
Al-Monitor – Protests have erupted across numerous cities in Iran after the government enacted a series of subsidy cuts, leading to a harsh government crackdown that resulted in a reported four deaths. Iranians on social media have complained since May about the high prices of cooking oil, bread and dairy products. The price of some foods has increased by over …
Read More »Iranian Convicted Of 1992 Murder Of Dissidents Calls For Pressure On Sweden To Release Nouri
RFL/RE – Kazem Darabi, an Iranian sentenced to life in prison over the 1992 murder of four Iranian dissidents, has called on President Ebrahim Raisi to pressure the Swedish government for the release of former Iranian official Hamid Nouri, who is on trial in Stockholm over the 1988 mass execution of political prisoners. In an interview with the hard-line Fars …
Read More »Reports of Two More Killed as Protests Spread to Northeast Iran
Iranwire – Demonstrations continued across Iran on Saturday, May 14. Local sources have identified two more men shot dead by security forces on the streets: Behrooz Eslami, reportedly a father-of-two in Baba Heydar, Charmahal and Bakhtiari province, and a man named Saadat Hadipour in Hafshejan. The number of people confirmed to have been killed since protests began now stands at four, including Ali …
Read More »Filmmakers’ Guilds Demand Explanation for Disappearance of Two Documentary Directors
Iranwire – Three Iranian documentary filmmakers’ associations have called In a joint statement for the immediate release of Mina Keshavarz and Firoozeh Khosrovani, who were arrested at their homes on May 9 and have yet to reappear. “Despite numerous promises,” the statement read, “the situation of our colleagues remains unclear and no official explanation has been provided on how and why they were arrested.” The co-signatories were …
Read More »Protests Continue in Iran Despite Security Crackdown
Iranwire – Iran’s latest wave of widespread anti-government protests, which began five days ago, continued on May 14 despite the heavy presence of security forces and frequent internet disruptions. Numerous reports online suggest that a number of protesters have been killed and many more arrested. In Neishabur, the second-largest city in the northeastern province of Razavi Khorasan, protesters gathered at …
Read More »Iranian political prisoner denied urgent treatment and furlough
Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Mohammad Ali (Pirooz) Mansouri has been deprived of necessary medical care and sick leave. He has been serving his 15th year in Raja’i Shahr Prison in the city of Karaj, near the capital, Tehran. Mansouri’s daughter, Iran Mansouri, wrote a letter to Javid Rahman, the Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, expressing concern about her …
Read More »Lethal state crackdown on food protests in Iran amid internet blackouts
Iran-HRM – Food protests in Iran triggered last week by a sudden hike in prices of essential goods were violently repressed with security forces using lethal force A new wave of nationwide protests was triggered last week by a cut in state subsidies for imported wheat that caused price hikes of as much as 300% for a variety of flour-based …
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