Human rights

Iranwire – The Iranian authorities arrested on January 23 two men who suffered eye injuries during the 2022 nationwide protests against the Islamic Republic’s leadership. A source close to Amir Velayati’s family said that he was taken to prison after being summoned to the Evin Prosecutor’s Office in Tehran, according to the HRANA human rights website. Meanwhile, the Hengaw news agency reported …

Iranwire – Two UN experts marked International Day of the Endangered Lawyer on January 24 with a statement hailing lawyers in Iran for their “brave commitment to the rule of law and their persistent efforts to exercise their profession independently and with integrity despite enormous obstacles and pressures.” At least 66 lawyers have been arrested and detained since nationwide protests …

Iran-HRM – On the evening of Friday, January 19, 2024, a 20-year-old woman named Anahita Amirpour was killed in the Nezamabad area of Borujerd as a result of direct gunfire by plainclothes officers of the Borujerd Intelligence Department. According to reports received by Iran Human Rights Monitor (IranHRM), Anahita Amirpour, a first-semester student of Physical Education at the Islamic Azad …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Massoud Rigi, a Baluch man on death row for murder, was executed in Zahedan Central Prison. According to Haal Vsh, a Baluch man was executed in Zahedan Central Prison on 22 January. His identity has been reported as 24-year-old Massoud Rigi from the Shirabad region of Zahedan. He was arrested over two years ago in …

Amnesty – The Iranian authorities’ executions of two men after egregiously unfair trials mark a harrowing descent into new realms of cruelty, said Amnesty International today. On 23 January 2024 at dawn, the authorities arbitrarily executed Mohammad Ghobadlou, a 23-year-old protester with a mental disability, following a process and ruling shrouded in secrecy. On the same day, they also arbitrarily executed Farhad …

CHRI — The execution today of 23-year-old street protester Mohammad Ghobadlou is a stark reminder of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s broken and twisted judicial process, where defendants are sent to the gallows without due process as the state uses state-sanctioned killings to stamp out dissent, said the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “The killing of Mohammad Ghobadlou …

Iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s authorities have executed another young protester in connection with the Woman Life Freedom movement amid a spike in executions in the country.  The Mizan news agency, which is affiliated with the judiciary, announced the execution of Mohammad Ghobadlou on January 23. Ghobadlou’s execution was the ninth reported by the authorities since the nationwide protests started …

Iranwire – The Khorramabad Revolutionary Court in western Iran has sentenced Ghazaleh Zare, a children’s rights activist, to three years in prison. HRANA human rights website reported on January 23 that Zare was sentenced on charges of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic” and “forming groups and factions to disrupt the country’s security.” The judicial authorities said the verdict was based …

Iranwire – After facing intensifying pressure from Iranian security agencies, civil activist Mukhtar Ebrahimi surrendered to the authorities on January 22 to begin serving a one-year prison sentence. The Azeri activist was subsequently transferred to Maragheh prison, in East Azerbaijan province, to start serving his prison term. According to information obtained by IranWire, Ebrahimi’s office was sealed by security forces …

Iranwire – The Second Branch of Dezful Revolutionary Court in southwestern Khuzestan province issued a death sentence last week against Malek Mousavi, a 23-year-old ethnic Arab man who was selling watermelons on the roadside.  Mousavi was charged with “armed rebellion against the Islamic Republic.”  Another individual named Abbas Khosorji received a 10-year prison sentence in the same case.  Mousavi and …