Human rights

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – At least one man sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison. According to Rokna, at least one man was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 4. His identity has only been revealed as Saeed who was sentenced to qisas for murder and had spent ten years on death row. Saeed was accused of …

RFL/RE – A self-described hacking group calling itself Edalat-e Ali (Ali’s Justice) has leaked confidential documents to RFE/RL’s Radio Farda that appear to reveal the plight of prisoners at Evin prison, Iran’s most notorious facility. According to the prison documents, hunger strikes by prisoners and the publication of open letters by inmates is considered “criminal” behavior. In one document, a former official …

Iranwire – Gohar Eshghi and Sahar Beheshti, the mother and sister of murdered blogger Sattar Beheshti, have been arrested by security forces on the anniversary of his death, and days after Eshghi published a video critical of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Seven Iranian activists were also detained after visiting his grave. According to the Sattar Beheshti Foundation, security forces descended on …

Iran-HRM – An inmate dies after being brutalized by prison guards in Sanandaj, the capital of the Iranian Kurdistan Province. Khosrow Jamalifar, 26, lost his life in the Central Prison of Sanandaj on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, after prison guards beat him up. The reason for his death was a strike at the head. Mr. Jamalifar had been in prison …

CHRI – British Government “does nothing to disincentivize Iran’s hostage-taking” November 2, 2021 – Two British citizens spent the night in frigid temperatures outside the Foreign Office in London on November 2, 2021, in a bid to gain freedom for their loved ones who are unjustly jailed in Iran. “Following a tradition among political prisoners in Iran of resorting to life-threatening measures …

Al-Monitor – Exactly one week after the national Iranian men’s soccer team tied South Korea 1-1 in a crucial 2022 World Cup qualifier in the empty Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Saudi fans — both male and female — loudly cheered at Prince Faisal Bin Fahad Stadium in Riyadh as Saudi Al Hilal club took on Iran’s Persepolis in the quarterfinals …

RFL/RE – The hunger-striking husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman held in Iran for five years, says the British government is not doing enough to secure his wife’s release. Richard Ratcliffe began a hunger strike on October 24 outside the Foreign Office in London to highlight his wife’s situation, a week after she lost her appeal on a second …

Iranwire – Cyber-activists behind an apparent hack of Evin Prison’s CCTV cameras that made global headlines in August have reportedly uncovered classified documents detailing Iranian prison officials’ response to the November 2019 protests. Documents sent to BBC Persian by the group, Edaalat-e Ali (Ali’s Justice), dated mid-November to late December 2019, purportedly contain a set of confidential instructions for the Evin Prison superintendent. …

Iran-HRM – Iraq Alizadeh was tied to the bed despite dire health; his cuffs were not removed until several hours after his death Prisoner dies in a hospital in Urmia after his eye was removed Iraj Alizadeh died in a hospital in Urmia, the capital of West Azerbaijan Province, on October 27 following several days of coma after undergoing an …

CHRI – Mehdi Darini, a political prisoner in Tehran’s Evin Prison, set himself on fire on October 27, 2021, after his lawful requests for parole were repeatedly rejected, independent journalist Keyvan Samimi reported. The event stirred public memory of a young woman, Sahar Khodayari, who set herself on fire in Tehran in September 2019 because she thought she would have to serve …