Human rights

Iranwire – The Quarterly Journal of Strategic Studies recently published a study, Identity Policy, Education and National Security in Iran, which analyzes the content of the Social Studies textbook used in the first grade of high school. Space given in the book to national identity, religious identity and global identity are explored, and the results of this official study are a …

Iranwire – As January came to a close, 65 Iranian motorcyclists took part in a Motorcycle and Auto Racing Federation competitive event in Iran. More than 30 women competed, despite an official ban on doing so. Iran’s state media and media affliated with the Revolutionary Guards refuse to cover such events, but independent websites and media in the diaspora regularly report …

Iranwire – The United Nations’ World Mother Language Day falls a little over two weeks from now on February 21. In advance of this, close to a thousand Iranians who grew up speaking a minority language have already taken to Twitter to express their sense of loss and frustration at the marginalization of their mother tongue. The #Manofarsi (Me and …

Iran-HRM – Iran uses the death penalty against dissidents to terrorize the public Dozens of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience are currently on death row in Iran. These prisoners include dissidents, prisoners of conscience, as well as protesters arrested during anti-regime protests. The Iranian regime’s use of the death penalty against prisoners is intended to intimidate and prevent protests …

CHRI – A grassroots teachers’ rights movement is gaining steam in Iran, where large street protests by teachers are increasingly sprouting across the country. “In Iran’s current economic situation, the financial burden on the teaching community is terrible,” said Sattar Rahmani, the author of several Persian-language books and articles on the movement, in an interview with the Center for Human Rights in …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – An unnamed man was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison after being sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder based on qassameh testimony. According to Hamshahri online, a man was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in recent days. The unnamed man was sentenced to qisas for murder. At trial, the only witness was deemed ineligible to testify by the judges and as the …

Iranwire – Abbas Nikravan, a traditional musician from West Azerbaijan province, has been sentenced to three months in prison by Branch 102 of Salmas Criminal Court on the charge of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran in cyberspace”. The singer and philanthropist, who hails from the village of Nadarli in Shabestar county, was arrested by security forces on September …

Iran-HRM – A 22-year-old man was shot to death by security forces in a park on Monday night while he was celebrating his birthday with some friends in the city of Shush, southwest Iran. The man has been identified as Sajjad Ka’ibi. One of his friends, Ali Ka’b Amir has been also shot and severely injured. Sources close to the …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mohammadreza Afaridoun, a Baluch man sentenced to death on drug-related charges, was executed in Zahedan Central Prison on January 30. According to the Baluch Activists’ Campaign, a Baluch man was executed in Zahedan Central Prison on the  morning of January 30. Mohammadreza Afaridoun was from the village of Ghassem Abad in Zabol and had been …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, Hossein Kaveh was executed in Rasht Central Prison on January 29. Another prison was returned to  his cell after obtaining an extension in his case. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Rasht Central Prison on the morning of January 29. His identity has been …