Human rights

amnesty.org – Update: On 29 September, Iranian officials executed Farhad Salehi Jabehdar, and again displayed their shameless contempt for the right to life and disregarded their obligations under international law. Justice is never served by taking a life. We renew our calls for a moratorium on the death penalty in Iran pending its complete abolition.****Responding to the news that Iranian …

CHRI – The Iranian security establishment’s attempt to imprison four prominent human rights defenders, only a few months after the inauguration of the country’s new presidential administration, signals the beginning of a new and intensified era of repression. “This is a clear attempt to enchain the country’s top rights defenders and create a climate of fear as this illegitimate government …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Mostafa Shafiei who was sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder, has been executed in Rajai Shahr Prison. According to Javan Online, a man was executed on murder charges in Rajai Shahr Prison on September 22. The report does not name him but states that he was charged with the murder of his friend on 9 July 2018. …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The Beijing regime has, over the course of decades, attacked fundamental U.S. interests by, among other things, inciting violence on American streets, deliberately spreading COVID-19 beyond China’s borders to America and the rest of the world, exporting fentanyl to the U.S. despite agreements to the contrary, stealing U.S. technology and other intellectual property, rejecting the principle of freedom …

Iranwiire – Iran’s vaccination drive against coronavirus has picked up speed over the past month. Last week, the Health Ministry also began to inoculate young Iranian citizens aged 12 to 18, at the same time as the “fifth wave” of infections was said to be subsiding. Nevertheless Dr. Shervin Shokouhi, head of the infectious diseases department at Loghman Hakim Hospital in Tehran, …

Iranwire – Multiple arrests of members of the Baha’i community took place in Iran over the past week. In Shiraz, Hayedeh Forootan and her son Mehran Mosalanejad were detained last Thursday by the security forces. According to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the pair had attended the police station in person before being arrested. It came a day after security agents raided their …

Iran Human Rights (IHR); Septemeber 27, 2021: An unidentified man who was sentenced to death on charges of “moharebeh (enmity against god), disturbing public security and murder”, has been executed in Karaj Central Prison. According to Iran newspaper, an unnamed man was executed on charges of “moharebeh (enmity against god), disturbing public security and murder” in Karaj Central Prison on the morning of September …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Ahmad Forouhid who was sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder, has been executed in Boroujerd Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed on murder charges in Boroujerd Prison on the morning of September 22. His identity has been established as 45-year-old Ahmad Forouhid. Informed sources have told IHR that Ahmad …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Two Afghan men identified as Ali Morad and Heibat Rouzbi were secretly executed on drug-related charges in Taybad Prison more than two weeks ago. At least 77 prisoners, including a woman, have been executed on drug-related charges in Iranian prisons in 2021. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed on …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have failed to explain at least 72 deaths in custody since January 2010, a report by Amnesty International has revealed. The inaction comes even as more than half of the recorded deaths allegedly resulted from torture or ill-treatment by officials. A major spike in deaths in custody was also recorded in 2020, in the aftermath of the …