Human rights

Iran-HRM – Following the publication of a video from the opening of a drapery shop in which female models are present without hijab, Iran’s judiciary reported the arrest of some people. On Sunday, July 11, a video of the ceremony was posted on social media, featuring a number of women in ballgowns as models. The Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of …

Iran-HM – The inauguration ceremony of Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei as the new head of Iran’s judiciary took place on Monday, July 5. His appointment to this position is a sign of repression and double pressure on women in Iran. The winner of the International Bludgeon Award In 1990, Mohseni Ejei won the International Bludgeon Award of the Woman’s Link worldwide. On …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A 45-year-old death row prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Mashhad Central Prison on July 5. This is the second reported execution in the prison on that day. According to the official Khorasan newspaper, a man was executed in Mashhad Central Prison on July 5. Sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for the murder of his wife …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Farhad Najafi and Ali Ahmadi who had been sentenced to death for the rape of a man, have been executed in Maragheh Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Maragheh Prison on the morning of July 5. Their identities have been established as 25-year-old Farhad Najafi and 23-year-old Ali Ahmadi …

Iran-HRM – Authorities at Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison have flogged political prisoner Kianoosh Salatini before going on leave. Kianoosh Salatini, who was a futsal coach before his arrest, was arrested on January 9, 2018 by security forces of the Revolutionary Guards at his workplace. He had been sentenced to 19 years and 6 months in prison and 80 lashes after …

CHRI – State Now Issues and Revokes Law Licenses, Crushing Independence of Legal Profession Due Process and Fair Trial Rights Dealt Further Blow by New Legislation July 12, 2021—In a sweeping grab of new powers over the Iranian Bar Association (IBA) that grants the Iranian judiciary the right to issue and revoke law licenses, the country’s judicial establishment, now led by human …

Shabtabnews – IOPHR is holding an event titled “Hate Propaganda In Iran” hosted by IOPHR, Baha’is of the United States, and the IRF RoundTable on Monday 12th July 2021 at 11 am EST (Washington D.C.), 4 pm GMT (London), 5 pm GMT+1 (Berlin) at the IRFSummit2021. For more information on the event please follow below link: Upcoming Event 12 July at …

Iran-HM – She is one of the witnesses who personally saw Ebrahim Raisi in a torture chamber. While she was pregnant, soon to give birth, she was arrested in Hamedan and taken to a torture chamber to be tortured and beaten with an electric cable. In an interview with Iran Human Rights Monitor, Farideh Goudarzi introduces herself as an opponent …

Jpost – The European Parliament passed a resolution dated Wednesday, urging that sanctions be imposed on Iranian regime officials for the imprisonment and executions of EU nationals.According to the resolution’s language, the EU Parliament called on the European Council, “to consider further targeted sanctions, including freezing the assets of the Iranian regime officials and entities involved in the arbitrary detention …

Iranwire – Iranian citizen Mohammad Abolhassani, who faces charges related to his peaceful political activism, was recently beaten by security agents after appealing to Branch 36 of the Court of Appeal. The agents mistook Abolhassani for being detained on drugs charges. Abolhassani had been previously detained on other charges and had been released on bail. Abolhassani, a civil rights activist, was …