Human rights

Iranwire – In Iran, the doors to stadiums have once again been closed to women. On Tuesday, October 12, the Iranian and South Korean national football teams went head to head in a qualifying match for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. It took place in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium without any spectators. Iranian officials cited the pandemic as the reason for the empty …

Iran-HRM – The wife of a detained Baha’i citizen says that more than 40 days after her husband’s arrest, his family is still unaware of his condition and that they have not been able to appoint a lawyer for him. Samira Ebrahimi, the wife of Arsalan Yazdani, said on her Instagram account on Sunday that in a letter to Gholam-Hossein …

amnesty – Iranian authorities must urgently carry out an effective, thorough, independent, impartial and transparent investigation into the causes and circumstances surrounding the enforced disappearance and suspicious death in custody of a 49-year-old man, Shahin Naseri, who provided witness testimony on the torture of wrestler and protester Navid Afkari prior to his secret execution in September 2020. This latest case …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Juvenile offender Arman Abdolali is still being held in solitary confinement and is due to be executed in the coming days in Rajai Shahr Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, juvenile offender Arman Abdolali who was due to be executed today is still being held in solitary confinement and there is serious …

GENEVA ̶ UN human rights experts* today urgently appealed to Iran to halt the execution of Arman Abdolali, convicted for an alleged murder committed when he was 17, and demanded that Iran stop sentencing children to death. Mr. Abdolali is scheduled to be executed tomorrow, but he has been brought back from the gallows at least once before when his …

RFL/RE – Amnesty International is urging Iran to stop the execution planned for later this week of a man arrested at aged 17 and sentenced to death following a “grossly unfair” trial. Arman Abdolali had been moved to solitary confinement in a prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, in preparation for his execution on October 13, the London-based human rights group said …

Iranwire – Two local journalists in the city of Paveh in Kermanshah province have been detained by the city’s intelligence department for publishing news of the rape of a seven-year-old girl. Earlier, the human rights website Hengaw had reported that on September 20, 2021, a young girl in Paveh was raped by a 43-year-old man identified as Nariman Ghafouri. The alleged perpetrator …

Iranwire – Researcher and translator Mojgan Kavousi has been transferred from Evin Prison to Kachuei Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, a friend told IranWire. The academic from Kurdistan was reportedly subjected to a days-long, gruelling detention at a Karaj police station along the way. Kavousi was detained by intelligence agents at her home on November 20, 2019. She was later sentenced …

CHRI – A bipartisan congressional group today urged U.S. President Joe Biden to support the free flow of information and internet freedom for civil society in Iran by clarifying and updating allowable activities under the U.S. Treasury’s General License D-1 (GL D-1), which exempts the sale of personal communications tools from sanctions on Iran. The bipartisan initiative follows a campaign by the Center …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO – Death row juvenile offender Arman Abdolali’s parents were summoned to Rajai Shahr Prison for their last visit with him hours ago. Arman is scheduled to be executed tomorrow morning. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, Arman Abdolali’s parents were summoned to Rajai Shahr Prison for their last visit with their son hours ago. …