Human rights

Iranwire – Human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has spoken to Iranians on the Clubhouse app about human rights and negotiations between Iran and other countries, the 2021 presidential election, and the harassment and torture of prisoners. The May 31 event marked the second time she went on to the platform, which has become increasingly popular among Iranians, in the space of …

Iran Human Rights – Behnam Mahjoubi’s mother says despite three months passing, the forensic medical examiner is not responding to requests for an investigation to establish the cause of her son’s death after being transferred to hospital from Evin Prison. Iran Human Rights calls on the international community to pay attention and follow up on the case of Behnam Mahjoubi. …

As Iran’s presidential election approaches, political prisoner Hossein Hashemi has sent a message to frontrunner Ebrahim Raeesi, announcing that he will be in a coma within two days because of his hunger strike.  In an audio file obtained by IranWire, Hashemi, who is being held in Greater Tehran Prison for taking part in the November 2019 protests, says his physical health has …

Iran-HRM – In May 2021, the persecution of Iran’s religious minorities continued; Members of religious minorities were sentenced to long prison terms on trumped-up charges and in some cases were summoned and detained. The clerical regime has particularly stepped-up pressure on the Baha’i community in Iran, making many arrests, handing down heavy sentences, and imprisoning others. Fourteen Baha’i citizens were sentenced to …

Iranwire – A group of 24 political prisoners in Greater Tehran Penitentiary, who were arrested and sentenced over the bloody protests of November 2019, have sent a letter to IranWire stating that they will not participate in the 2021 presidential election. The group has also urged the wider public to boycott the vote as they consider participation to be an …

Iran-HRM – Over May 2021, Iranian authorities continued executions, torture, the suppression of minority groups, arrest and conviction of civil and political activists and the internet censorship. Group arrests at private parties, summonses, interrogations, and detentions of religious and ethnic minorities also continued. The following report is a summary of the human rights situation in Iran over the past month. …

Iran-HRM – Chief of Police threatens those calling for boycott of Iran election 2021 The clerical regime’s Chief of Police threatened those who called for a boycott of boycott of Iran’s presidential elections. Referring to those who call on people not to vote, Hossein Ashtari threatened “election norm breakers” and said they would be dealt with. In a meeting with religious singers …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A woman and her former husband have been executed on drug-related charges in Qazvin Central Prison. She is the sixth woman to be executed this year. According to Iran Human Rights, a couple who had been married at the time of their arrest and also cousins, were executed on drug-related charges in Qazvin Central Prison …

Iran-HRM – Iranian political prisoner Soheil Arabi was taken into arraignment through a video conference on Monday for a new case opened against him in prison. During the session, which was held on Monday, May 25, 2021, via video conference by Branch 3 of the Evin Prosecutor’s Office, Mr. Arabi was charged with “propaganda activities against the regime and disturbing …

Iranwire – In April, authorities handed down a 40-year jail sentence to Kurdish political prisoner Mohammad Moradi on charges of “rebellion through membership to an opposition party and returning to Iran to carry out armed operations.” But when Moradi, who is from Piranshahr county in West Azerbaijan, decided to return to Iran in 2018, he was given assurances by the local intelligence …