Human rights

Iranhr – UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner spokesperson Liz Throssell today condemned the execution of juvenile offender Arman Abdolali in Rajai Shahr Prison, Iran. We condemn the execution today in Iran of Arman Abdolali, who was below the age of 18 at the time of his alleged crime. It is deeply alarming and shocking that his hanging went …

Al-Monitor – An Iranian man convicted of murdering his girlfriend when he was a teenager was executed on Wednesday, despite an international outcry over his death sentence.  Arman Abdolali, 25, was hanged at dawn at the Rajai Shahr prison in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, according to Iran’s Mizan news agency.  Iranian authorities had accused Abdolali of murdering his girlfriend, …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Juvenile offender Arman Abdolali who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in the early hours of this morning. Iran Human Rights strongly condemns Arman Abdolali’s execution and calls for condemnation by the international community. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, IHRNGO’s Director said: “Execution of Arman Abdolali is an international crime. Besides being executed …

Iranwire – In a country like the Islamic Republic of Iran it’s no surprise to anyone if you go to prison after criticizing or protesting against some aspect or other of its governance. The country’s prisons are full of people facing several years’ incarceration for this innocuous act. Perhaps worse, though, is the extent of abuse they could be subjected …

Iranwire – In the sixth week of Persian Gulf Pro League matches in Iran, the man in charge of making it all happen has thrown cold water over the prospect of fans returning. Soheil Mehdi, president of the Iran Football League Organization, announced that with the sole exception of an upcoming game between Persepolis and Sanat Naft Abadan FC the …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner chained to bed in the emergency room. The political prisoner chained to bed is Abol-Hassan Montazer sent to hospital under viciously inhuman conditions from Rajaei-Shahr Prison, in Karaj. Political prisoner Abol-Hassan Montazer was sent to hospital on Saturday, November 20, 2021, when he was in critical health due to acute heart conditions. Abol-Hassan Montazer is 61 years …

Iranwire – It’s been 100 days since the Taliban swept through Kabul and came back to power in Afghanistan. The group has now finally laid out its vision for what journalism in the Islamic Emirate should look like – or rather, what it shouldn’t. Following a meeting with media officials in Kabul, the re-established Ministry of Vice and Virtue has drafted …

Iranwire – The first Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini, died in June 1989. Not all his public demands for the murders of various individuals outside Iran had yet been met. But in the decades since he took office, Khomeini’s successor Ali Khamenei has shown a clear commitment not only to fulfilling Khomeini’s fatwas, but expanding on them. …

Iranwire – Recently US pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced it had succeeded in developing an anti-viral Covid-19 pill that reduced the risk of hospitalization or death from the disese by 89 percent. The company has applied to the American Food and Drug Administration for emergency authorization. Pfizer also signed a licensing agreement with Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), a United Nations-backed public health …

Iran-HRM – Two political prisoners are on hunger strike in the Central Prison of Urmia and the Prison of Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan province. The political prisoners on hunger strike are Shaker Behrouz and Houshmand Alipour. Shaker Behrouz in on the death row. He went on hunger strike on November 21, 2021, in protest of the intelligence services’ pressure …