Human rights

Iran-HRM – The authorities have stepped up inhuman restrictions on Javad Hossein Nejad, a November 2019 protester detainedin the Central Prison of Mashhad. Political prisoner Javad Hossein Nejad does not have permission to call his father, who has suffered a heart attack and is critically ill. The Central Prison of Mashhad authorities, also known as Vakilabad Prison, have deprived Mr. …

Iran-HRM – Seven inmates were hanged in Rajaei-Shahr Prison in Karaj, Iran, on Wednesday, September 8, 2021. They included four men and three women. The three women were hanged a few hours after the four men, eyewitnesses said. The women were probably convicted of murder, but their charges were not clear. It was also unclear from which prison they had …

Iran-HRM – The Ministry of Intelligence contacted the family of a Kurdish prisoner on Thursday, September 9, informing them of the death of their son in prison. The Kurdish prisoner has been identified by Kurdish websites as 31-year-old Yasser Mangouri, who worked as a lathe operator. Yasser was married and father to three children. The authorities have not yet provided …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – IHR previously reported that three unidentified men had been executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on September 8. Newly obtained information reveals that a further man and three women were also executed at the prison on that day. According to new information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a total of seven people were executed in Rajai …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Adham Maksani, a Baluch prisoner sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Iranshahr Prison. According to the Baluch Activists Campaign, a Baluch man was executed on murder charges in Iranshahr Prison on September 11. His identity was established as Adham Maksani, known as Hafez, who was from the village of Shamsabad Bampur. At the time …

Al-Arabia – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Monday she is profoundly alarmed by the escalating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, calling for a mechanism to monitor the evolving situation in the country. Treatment of women The United Nations’ human rights chief criticized the Taliban’s human rights record since seizing power in Afghanistan, noting that stated …

Iranwire – The Gilan chief of police has confirmed the arrest of 79 members of a tour group in the northern Iranian province, accusing them of “promoting new mysticism.” Azizollah Maleki said on Sunday that police had “taken them [the group] by surprise” while they were holding “superstitious circles and promoting false mysticism” in a remote forest area outside a …

Iranwire – On Sunday, September 12, 2021, a group of Iranians opposed to mandatory vaccination staged a protest in front of the Interior Ministry building in Tehran. Group members carried homemade placards that read “No compulsory vaccination” and also “No to domestic vaccines, no to foreign vaccines! We have the vaccine of Imam Kazem!” Imam Kadhim was the seventh Shia Imam, …

Iranwire – A group of young people in Dezful, Khuzestan are being prosecuted for taking part in a music video. The Sol-la music group, which includes children, released a video several days ago in which they played and sang songs together at the historic Saniei Residence, a local history museum in Dezful. This minor artistic activity was apparently not to …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A year has passed since protester and wrestler, Navid Afkari was executed after being denied due process, tortured to make false confessions, and subjected to a grossly unfair trial. Iran Human Rights considered his execution to be unlawful and a criminal act, and called for action beyond just condemnations by the international community. A year on, Iran Human Rights reiterates …