Human rights

Shabtabnews – In a statement IOPHR declared that, members of IOPHR, in particular Mrs. Sharman Beheshti, who have made tireless and continuous efforts to combat falsehood and shed light on the deceptions that the Iranian security apparatus use to govern Sufism through the establishment of Gonabadi Sufi sect in Iran, for the second time in recent months, have been the …

Iranwire – From the very beginning of the November 2019 protests, senior Iranian regime members including then-President Hassan Rouhani denounced those who took part as “rioters”. The idea that civilians were acting violently, and also damaging public property, became a key justification for the lethal crackdown that was then enacted by security forces. The claim that protesters were setting fire to banks has …

Iranwire – The Aban Tribunal has adjourned in Church House, London after five days of witness testimonies on crimes committed by the Iranian state in November 2019. The panel has seen more than 100 written submissions of murder, torture and human rights abuses committed in 28 of the country’s 31 provinces. Millions of Iranians inside the country watched live broadcasts of the independent …

VOA – The Iran Atrocities Tribunal adjourned Sunday in London after hearing five days of testimony from more than 30 witnesses who alleged that Iranian authorities killed, tortured and abused thousands of their countrymen three years ago during protests against Tehran’s sudden increase in the price of gasoline. The six-lawyer panel, formed by civil society groups but with no official …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Esmail Namazi has been imprisoned for two years in the Prison of Behbahan on the charge of “propaganda against the state.” Esmail Namazi, from Behbahan, has a Ph.D. in agriculture. He was arrested in July 2020 and released on bail after his interrogations were completed. He subsequently received a jail sentence for two years for disseminating “propaganda against …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – The Iran Atrocities Tribunal, also known as the Aban Tribunal, has adjourned after five days of heart wrenching testimonies told to the world by dozens of eyewitnesses, some speaking for the first time. Over 30 witnesses participated in live verbal submissions before the esteemed panel of jurists for the Tribunal. The Panel, consisting of six …

Iranwire – The deputy speaker of the Iranian parliament has reacted defensively to questions about of the ongoing Aban Tribunal in London. Hassan Norouzi, also a spokesman for the parliament’s Legal and Judicial Committee, was approached for comment on the proceedings by a reporter for the Iranian news website Iran Watch. He responded: “I was one of the people who shot at people. We …

Iranwire -The bodies of some people killed in the November 2019 protests were taken away by the security forces in meat trucks, while detained Iranians were subjected to unspeakable torture and assault at the hands of the IRGC and intelligence agents, the Aban Tribunal has heard. Several audience members in Church House, London were in tears on Saturday as eyewitnesses from different parts of …

VOA – The husband of a British-Iranian woman who has been detained for more than five years in Iran said Saturday that he is ending his hunger strike outside Britain’s Foreign Office after 21 days. Richard Ratcliffe has been sleeping in a tent outside the Foreign Office’s main entrance to pressure the British government to secure the release of his …

VOA — Britain is denying a report by human rights activists that Iran’s nuclear negotiator threatened to curtail his involvement in upcoming talks with world powers unless British officials shut down the independent Iran Atrocities Tribunal hearings in London that are investigating Tehran’s deadly crackdown on 2019 protests. “We do not recognize the report of recent meetings between representatives of the U.K. and …