Human rights

Iran-HRM – Behnam Mahjoubi, from Iran’s persecuted Gonabadi Dervish religious minority, passed away today in a hospital in Tehran four days after receiving an of unknown medication in prison. Mahjoubi was transferred to Loghman Hospital on February 12 from the notorious Evin Prison. Ebrahim Allah Bakhshi, the friend of dissident Behnam Mahjoubi, cited “credible hospital sources” as saying Behman Mahjoubi had …

RFL/RE -The UN’s special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran has expressed concern over reports that the country has subjected lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) children to “torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.” In a report released last week, Javaid Rehman said such practices, which violate Iran’s obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights …

Iranwire – Over the past year, at least six members of the Iranian Writers’ Association have been arrested, convicted, or sent to prison to serve their sentences, showing the increasing pressure on writers in Iran. However, the Writers’ Association of Iran continues to oppose repression and restrictions within the limits of what is left of its power. Since December 21, …

Iran-HRM – Two other prisoners were executed Saturday in eastern Iran following the recent increase in executions of Baloch minority prisoners. Iranian authorities on Saturday executed two ethnic Balochi citizens on drug related charges. Jamaluddin Brahui and Mohammad Barahui were executed in a prison in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand. An informed source said that the 40-year-old man was …

CHRI – In the latest report issued by the UN’s top expert on Iran, UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Javaid Rehman expressed alarm and concern over a broad range of human rights violations in the Islamic Republic, including the persistence of discrimination against women and minorities, juvenile executions, the persecution of human rights defenders and the …

Poisoning has been used since before 4500BC and is still advancing for various purposes. Initially many chemicals were used as medicines and for treating ailments, but soon it was discovered that by using increased doses they could be used as poison. Over centuries the use of poison and its harmful effects increased. Chemical warfare was a reality during the first …

Iranwire – She is two months pregnant, and terrified that someone might notice. Azam asked close friends and acquaintances to find someone to help her quietly abort her baby and “preserve her reputation”. She has gone without sleep and food to try to trigger a miscarriage. Azam has been engaged to the son of one of her mother’s relatives for …

Iran-HRM – A prisoner who has been sentenced to have his fingers amputated, was flogged Sunday at Urmia Central Prison. Hadi Rostami, the four fingers of whose right hand are due to be amputated, was flogged 60 times in Branch 8 of the Enforcement Unit of the Public and Revolutionary Court on Urmia, northwest Iran. In a new case filed …

Iran-HRM – Iranian Christian convert Ebrahim Firoozi has gone on hunger strike since Feb. 13, demanding a ‘complete acquittal’ of what he calls the ‘false allegations’ made by the Ministry of Intelligence against him. He had previously announced that he would go on a hunger strike to protest continued confiscation of his mobile phone and laptop by the Ministry of …

Iran Human Rights (IHR)- Branch 54 of the Tehran Court of Appeals has upheld a six-year prison sentence for Soha Mortezaei, a doctoral candidate banned from education and former Secretary of the Central Student Council of the University of Tehran, who was arrested as part of the nationwide November 2019 protests. Soha Mortezaei was sentenced to six years in prison …