Human rights

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Eslahollah Bakhsh, an Afghan national, and Hamid Ebadinejad were executed for drug-related charges in Rasht Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Rasht Central Prison on 18 January. Their identities have been established as 36-year-old Eslahollah Bakhsh (pictured left), an Afghan national, and Hamid Ebadinejad (pictured right) …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Nouri Zamani, Fathollah Jourkesh and Hosseinali Koutahi were executed for drug-related charges in Isfahan Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, three men were executed in Isfahan Central Prison (Dastgerd) on 20 January. Their identities have been established as 32-year-old Nouri Zamani (pictured right)  from Lahijan, 30-year-old Fathollah Jourkesh (pictured left) from …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – State media have reported the execution of an unnamed man for murder in Mashhad Central Prison. According to Etemad Online, a man was executed in Mashhad Central Prison (Vakil Abad) on 17 January. The 29-year-old man only identified as Ali. M was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder. The report states that he was accused of killing …

iranintl – Seventeen student groups across Iran have issued a joint statement against death sentences for several political prisoners, labeling them “state-sponsored murder.” In a joint statement released Thursday, the student activists asserted their refusal to remain silent under any circumstances, stating, “We will not tolerate executions, and we will obliterate the executioner government.” The signatories, who identified themselves as …

Iran-HRM – Hamed Qareh Oghlani, a Turkish political prisoner who is serving his 14-year sentence in Urmia Central Prison, marked the sixth day of his hunger strike. According to the Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM), Hamed Qareh Oghlani, a Turkish political prisoner, began his hunger strike on Sunday, January 14, 2024, in protest against being deprived of the right …

Iranwire – The authorities in Iran have sentenced Gelaleh Watandoost, a Kurdish lawyer and women’s rights activist, to six years, seven months and 20 days in prison. The sentence was handed down by the First Branch of Sanandaj Revolutionary Court, in the western province of Kurdistan. Watandoost was tried in September last year on charges including “propaganda activities against the …

RFL/RE – Iranian authorities arrested a Swedish-Iranian man in his 60s last year, Stockholm said on January 18, as tensions between the two countries continue to build. Without identifying the man, Sweden said he had been arrested at the end of November 2023 “without a clear reason” and called for his release. Iran has not yet commented on the issue.The …

Amnesty – Iranian Kurdish dissidents Pejman Fatehi, Vafa Azarbar, Mohammad (Hazhir) Faramarzi and Mohsen Mazloum, are at grave risk of execution in secret, without prior notice to their families and lawyers, as the authorities have been subjecting them to enforced disappearance, a crime under international law, since July 2022. Amid a horrific spike in executions across Iran, the men’s death …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Kamran Khoroush, a man on death row for drug-related charges, was executed in Shiraz Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Shiraz Central Prison (Adel Abad) on 16 January. His identity has been established as 44-year-old Kamran Khoroush, a father who was arrested two years ago. Kamran …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mohsen Mehri, a man on death row for murder, was executed in Ilam Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Ilam Central Prison on 16 January. His identity has been established as Mohsen Mehri. He was arrested for the  murder of his brother five years ago and …