Human rights

Radiofarda – Referring to the increasing robbery cases in Iran, a member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly’s presidium has called for issuing verdicts to amputate petty thieves’ hands. “Sadly, we are nowadays witnessing an increase in the number of robberies in the community. The cases of petty thefts have particularly increased because there is heavy inflation in the country and …

Iran Human Rights (IHR)- A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, has been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for his execution at Ardebil Central Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, a death row prisoner was transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for his execution in the afternoon of Tuesday, January 5. His identity has been established as Taher Bagheri, …

Iranwire.com – On the morning of Sunday, January 3, two Baluch prisoners, Hassan Dehvari and Elias Qalandarzehi, were executed along with another prisoner, Omid Mahmoudzehi. IranWire spoke with Elias Qalandarzehi’s sister, a neighbor of the two men, and with their lawyer about the events leading up to their execution. *** Traveling the 335 kilometers from Saravan to Zahedan Central Prison on short notice, …

CHRI – New Fact Sheet Highlights Women’s Issues for Journalists and Researchers January 6, 2020—Women in Iran are among the Middle East’s most educated and accomplished, yet they continue to face severe rights violations and discrimination in all walks of life, in both law and practice. In a new Women’s Rights Fact Sheet published by the Center for Human Rights in Iran …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed with juvenile offender, Hassan Rezaei, in Rasht Central Prison on New Year’s Eve. Another prisoner committed suicide after his brother was transferred for execution. According to Hrana News Agency, on the morning of 31 December 2020, a male prisoner was executed in Rasht Central Prison. The prisoner …

The more we hear about the awful and abhorrent executions taking place in Iran the clearer it becomes how similar their so-called trials are to the Stalinist trials. In the recent case of Ruhollah Zam, who was convicted of “corruption on earth” for running a news website, we are reminded of this similarity. Ruhollah Zam convicted of “corruption on earth”. …

Shabtabnews – In a statement IOPHR condemned the recent Unrestrained Execution of Sunni Prisoners . IOPHR in the statement stated: “The executions took place, despite the fact that all the judicial officials of the province were aware of filing of request for retrial. Yet, all three people were hastily executed on Sunday in order to avoid the possibility of postponing …

VOA – An Iranian writer who produced a Farsi translation of a book praising Syrian Kurdish militias has been sentenced in Iran to an effective five-year prison term after a trial on security charges denounced as unjust by the man’s lawyer and by Iranian and American free speech advocates. In a December 30 interview with VOA Persian from Tehran, lawyer …

Iran-HRM – The death penalty and the execution of human beings under any pretext and for any reason is an inhuman punishment and a crime which the regime ruling Iran has legalized and justified over the years. With 255 executions in 2020, the Iranian regime continues to hold one of the world’s top records in the use of the death …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Elias Ghalandarzehi and Hassan Dehvari, two Baluch prisoners on death row, have been executed at Zahedan Central Prison. A third prisoner named Omid Mahmoudzehi, on death row for the charge of “moharebeh” (enmity against God), was also executed along with the men. According to state-run ISNA, three prisoners were executed at Zahedan Central Prison in …