Human rights

Iran-HRM – Two Iranian girls murdered in honor killings promoted by misogynist laws In a recent case of honor killing in Iran, two girls were shot dead by their family members in a village in Sistan and Baluchestan, southeast Iran. A video posted on social media in recent days shows locals finding the bodies of two girls on desert roads …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Pursuant to the airing of Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi’s forced confessions by state media, Iran Human Rights expresses its grave concern again of the impending heavy and baseless sentences against the two elite Sharif University students who have been held in pre-trial detention since their arrests on 10 April 2020. Iran Human Rights previously warned of Ali …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) –  Ardavan Falahvand and Hossein Mirakarami who were sentenced to death for moharebeh (enmity against god) and qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder in the same case, have been executed in Khorramabad Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Khorramabad Central Prison on the morning of December 21. Their identities have been established as …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Authorities have informed juvenile offender Hossein Shahbazi’s family that his execution has been postponed for ten days. He remains at imminent risk of execution. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, authorities have informed juvenile offender Hossein Shahbazi’s family that his execution has been postponed for ten days. An informed source told Iran Human …

Iran-HRM – Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has arrested several prominent Kurdish figures for attending the funeral of political prisoner Haidar Ghorbani, who was recently executed in Sanandaj Prison. The Ministry of Intelligence also interrogated dozens of people in the western city of Kamyaran for the same reason. According to the Hengaw Organization, which covers the news of the Kurdish regions of Iran, …

Iran-HRM – Peaceful protests by Iranian teachers overdifficult living conditions that have been going on for years, took up a new height in in recent months. Going unpaid for months, injustice in the adjustment of their wages with the living costs, and having no medical insurance are amongst the issues that make life difficult for and consume the energies of …

UN Press Release – UN human rights experts* condemned in the strongest terms the arbitrary execution of Iranian Kurdish prisoner Mr. Heidar Ghorbani as a serious violation of Iran’s obligations under international human rights law. Mr. Heidar Ghorbani, a Kurdish prisoner, was executed in secret in Sanandaj Central Prison at dawn on 19 December. His execution took place without prior …

Iranwire – “We are allowed to kill every Iranian who is our enemy because it’s our people. And nobody should care about it. It’s our business.” On August 6, 1992, the body of Iranian entertainer, poet and anti-regime firebrand Fereydoun Farrokhzad was found on the floor of his flat in Bonn, stabbed multiple times and half-melted by the heat of …

Iran-HRM – Despite a poor health condition, detained student activist Leila Hosseinzadeh has been held in solitary confinement since she was arrested on December 7, 2021. The prolonged solitary confinement is an inhuman torture commonly used in Iran. After 11 days of being held incommunicado, she called home on December 18, 2021, informing her family that she has been taken …

Shabtabnews – In a statement IOPHR condemned the execution of Mr. Heidar Ghorbani , who was executed despite the fact that the head of the Judiciary, as the highest authority within the Iranian judicial system, had invalidated the confessions of Mr. Heidar Ghorbani obtained under torture by the security forces, which was the only basis for his death sentence The …