Human rights

Iranwire – Civil rights activist Sepideh Gholian has been transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison, a section of the sprawling complex often used to house prisoners of conscience. The young reporter was arrested during a raid on her sister’s home in Ahvaz on Monday night and for three days, her family had no news of her whereabouts. Shortly after 7pm Tehran time …

Iranwire – Two Tehran police officers have been subjected to disciplinary action after a video of them subjecting a woman to excessive force during an arrest was posted online. The clip shared on Thursday showed the two officers, one male and one female, shoving a screaming woman into a waiting van with such force that her head hit the body of the …

Iranwire – The stories of many prominent Iranian political prisoners, from civil and human rights activists to lawyers and journalists, are well-known and updates on their cases regularly make the international news. But they’re not the only ones. Ordinary citizens who have also taken to the streets – or to social media – to voice dissent have also been deprived of …

CHRI – The Baha’i faith community is one of the most severely persecuted religious minorities in Iran. Iran’s government is unabashed in its propagating of false narratives about the community and has for decades blocked Baha’is from obtaining prominent positions in Iranian society as well as barred Baha’is from accessing higher education. Iran’s Constitution does not recognize the Baha’i faith as an official …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – The spokesperson for the Islamic Republic’s Judiciary has declared Shahin Naseri’s cause of death as drug poisoning without any communication being made with his family. Reaffirming that the Prisons Organisation, the Judiciary and the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic are directly responsible for Shahin Naseri’s death, Iran Human Rights repeats its call for an independent …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Human rights defender, Sepideh Gholiyan was arrested by over 30 security forces during a night raid at her home in Ahvaz. She was furloughed from prison on August 19. Human rights defender Sepideh Gholiyan’s relatives reported that she was arrested during a night raid at her home on October 12. Her brother and mother said …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Esmail Ghassabi who was sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder, has been executed in Isfahan Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed on murder charges in Isfahan Central Prison on the morning of October 11. His identity has been established as 35-year-old Esmail Ghassabi. Informed sources told Iran Human Rights: …

Al-Monitor – In a meeting with the Supreme Council of Cyberspace, Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi called for “digitizing” the government while also expanding controls over the internet. Raisi said that the council can “take significant steps in making up for its ineffectiveness and in the management of cyberspace.” He added that the “health and security” of the internet must be prioritized …

RFL/RE – In a rare ruling, an Iranian man who blinded his neighbor during a fight in 2018 has been sentenced to be blinded based on the Islamic eye-for-an-eye retribution law.Blinding rulings have rarely been carried out in Iran, where Islamic law was reintroduced following the Islamic Revolution in 1979.In many cases, victims have halted the punishment and agreed financial …

Iranwire – Since 2012, the United Nations has designated October 11 as International Day of the Girl. The day is an opportunity to get behind initiatives to improve the lot of young women around the world, and to raise awareness of the injustices they face in their daily lives. One such injustice is that of child marriage, which remains prevalent …