Human rights

Iran-HRM – Peaceful prisoners of conscience Mohammad Hossein Sepehri and Kamal Yazdi were beaten on JUne 20 and 21 by prison authorities. Fatemeh Sepehri, the sister of Mohammad Hossein Sepehri published a video announcing the beating of the activists while they have been on hunger strike since one month ago to protest being denied phone calls. The two dissidents who are …

Iranwire – The National Olympic Committee of Iran has selected Samad Nikkhah Bahrami, the captain of the Iranian national basketball team, to be the flag bearer for the Iranian team at the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. According to a Mehr News Agency report on Monday, June 21, four male athletes made the final shortlist to lead the Olympic team: Basketball captain Samad Nikkhah …

Iran-HRM -Workers at the Tehran Oil Refinery say that following their strike to protest the low level of their earnings, the refinery officials distributed a settlement form among 700 workers to expell them from their jobs. Oil workers in different cities have joined a nationwide strike in the oil and petrochemical industries in protest to low wages and difficult working …

Iran-HRM – Arsham (Mahmoud) Rezaei, a civil activist held in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, been denied phone calls by order of Amin Vaziri, the assistant prosecutor in charge of political prisoners. The two-month ban was ordered by Amin Vaziri, the assistant prosecutor in charge of political prisoners, on the pretext of “spreading propaganda against the regime through contacting outside …

Amnesty – Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to immediately reveal the whereabouts of Falah Heidari, a member of Iran’s disadvantaged Ahwazi Arab minority, and release him immediately and unconditionally as he is arbitrarily detained solely because of his family association with his activist brother and son abroad. On 20 May 2021, Falah Heidari was summoned to the …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Hossein Shahbazi, a juvenile offender who was arrested at 17 and sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder during a group fight, is due to be executed in the coming days. In addition to the death penalty being an inhuman punishment and the prohibition of executing juvenile offenders under international human rights law, Hossein’s sentence was …

CHRI – In the latest report on Iran by the UN Secretary-General, the world’s top diplomat stated that the rights situation in Iran “remains of serious concern” and that “impediments to the rule of law and weak justice and accountability mechanisms result in impunity, perpetuate existing [human rights] violations and increase the risk of future violations.” The UN chief continued: “The …

Al-Arabia – Iran executed at least 95 people, including six women, so far this year, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Tuesday. Last year, Iran executed at least 267 people, including nine women, she added. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. Speaking at a session of the Human …

Iranwire – More than 100 people have been arrested in southwestern Iran for taking part in weekend-long demonstrations against the outcome of last Friday’s elections. Judiciary officials in Yasuj, the capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad province, said those detained were protesting in connection with the city council election results. Videos received by IranWire show a vast deployment of police …

Iram-HRM – In his first post-election press conference, mass murderer Ebrahim Raisi, implicitly said that he shoud be applauded for killing thousands of Iranians. When questioned on his role in Iran’s 1988 massacre, mass murderer Ebrahim Raisi brazenly claimed, “From the beginning of my position as a jurist, I have always defended the people’s human rights. Human rights has always …