Human rights

Iranwire – A tempest of tweets is expected to sweep the Internet today and tomorrow, 22 and 23 February, in support of the Baha’is in Ivel, a village in northern Iran, whose land has been confiscated by the Iranian authorities. The Twitter storms, which have been called by the Baha’i International Community, will take place between 5pm and 6pm GMT under the …

Radiozameh – My cell phone vibrated, but I was busy. Later, it vibrated again. It was a WhatsApp message from a young Iranian friend also living in Germany. She had been living and working as a scientist in North Rhine-Westphalia for four years. She was asking me if I had time to meet her in town later that afternoon. My …

VOA – Activists expressed fear Sunday that an Iranian prisoner jailed because of a 2018 protest by a religious sect and who died in custody, perished after authorities failed to care for his medical condition.  Behnam Mahjoubi, a member of the Sufi Gonabadi order and described as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, was imprisoned after taking part in a demonstration the group held in February 2018. He began serving …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – At least two men including Houshang Mohammadi and Ali Angazi who were sentenced to qisas on murder charges, were executed in silence in Kermanshah Central Prison around a month ago. According to Iran Human Rights, at least two male prisoners were executed in Kermanshah Central Prison on 25 January 2021. The two prisoners identified as Houshang Mohammadi …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Branch 41 of the Supreme Court has upheld 13 years and three months in prison for political prisoner, Hamed Ghara-Oghlani, currently held at Urmia Central Prison. Speaking to IHR, his sister, Hanieh described the lack of due process in his case leading to the unfair trial that handed such a heavy sentence, and says her …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A 73 year-old retired pilot named only as Ehsan is facing the death penalty after being arrested for alcohol consumption for the fourth time. Iran Human Rights warns against expanding the use of the death penalty in Iran. IHR spokesperson, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said: “While the Islamic Penal Code sanctions the death penalty for repeated offences …

Iranwire – Women in animations must wear hijab, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has announced in a new fatwa published by the Fiqh (“Islamic Jurisprudence”) Telegram channel in answer to an inquiry. “Is observing hijab necessary for characters in animated films (three-dimensional paintings that come from the artist’s mind)?” Khamenei was asked. “Although wearing hijab in such a hypothetical …

Iran-HRM – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1999 declared February 21, as the International Mother Language Day. In the same year, at the 30th session of UNESCO, the Iranian regime voted in favor of naming the day. Apart from Persian, people in different parts of Iran speak Azeri, Kurdish, Arabic, Turkmen, Gilaki, Mazandarani, Taleshi, Lori, …

Iranwire – It’s just a picture. A picture of five mothers together in the courtyard of Loghman Hospital, counting the last seconds of the life of Behnam Mahjoubi, a dervish who died on a ventilator after eight months of torture in prison. Among the five mothers, the latest pain is in the heart of Batoul Hosseini, wrapped in a blanket, …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A male prisoner sentenced to death on drug-related charges, has been executed in Boroujerd Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, on the morning of Tuesday, February 16, a male prisoner was executed in Boroujerd Prison, Lorestan province. The identity of the prisoner who was sentenced to death on drug-related charges, has been established as Ali …