Human rights

Al-Monitor – Former Iranian Prime Minister and opposition figure Mir Hossein Mousavi and his wife have contracted COVID-19 while under house arrest, a pro-reform website reported on Sunday, as the country records a worrying uptick in new coronavirus cases. Mousavi, 79, and activist Zahra Rahnavard “were examined by a doctor at their home … and their general state of health is good,” …

Amnesty – The Iranian authorities deliberately shut down the internet during nationwide protests in November 2019, hiding the true scale of unlawful killings by security forces, Amnesty International said today. On the anniversary of the deadliest day of the protests, Amnesty International is launching a new microsite, A web of impunity: The killings Iran’s internet shutdown hid, documenting how the lethal …

iranwire.com – November 2019 saw the bloodiest street protests in Iran’s modern history. Media agencies and human rights organizations around the world have published widely on the people killed by security forces and police during the weeks of protests, as well as people physically assaulted and jailed. A new report published by Amnesty International reviews 304 of those killed during the demonstrations. …

iranwire.com – A spate of suicides among teenage students in the city of Ramhormoz in Khuzestan province has sparked fear in the local community, and raised awareness about the lack of educational support available in the area.  A 15-year-old girl in Ramhormoz hanged herself because she did not have a mobile phone, reporter Fardin Azarian told the Asr-e Jonub news network. Elsewhere in the …

VOA – One year after Iranians began anti -government protests that drew the deadliest crackdown by security forces in decades, families of some slain protesters have lost hope for justice from an Islamist theocracy that has offered them little but broken promises and threats.   Iran’s government sparked the nationwide demonstrations on November 15, 2019 by ordering a 50% increase in the subsidized price of …

Iran-HRM – The clerical regime’s Intelligence Ministry has launched a new wave of arrests in Iran to fend off the outbreak of a spate of protests. A number of political prisoners were re-arrested or summoned over the past week. One of those arrested is a young man suffering from blood cancer and detention would pose greater risk to his health. …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner on death row for charges of “transporting and possessing drugs” has been executed at Taybad Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, a male prisoner’s death sentence was carried out in Taybad Prison. His identity has been established as Fakhreddin Dastyar. Speaking to IHR about Fakhreddin’s execution, an informed source said: “Mr Dastyar was …

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement USCIRF Commissioner @GaryLBauer declared : “Wearing a religious headscarf should be a choice, not a government mandate. USCIRF Commissioner @GaryLBauer: "Wearing a religious headscarf should be a choice, not a government mandate. #Iran must cease its appalling persecution of those peacefully protesting for greater religious freedom." https://t.co/1019ngI1Ag— USCIRF (@USCIRF) November 13, 2020 .@amnesty is …

Iran-HRM – More than 60 days after the execution of Iranian wrestling champion Navid Afkari, his brothers Vahid and Habib Afkari are still detained under torture in the notorious Ebrat ward of Adelabad Prison in Shiraz. “Vahid and Habib Afkari are detained in the Ebrat ward,” said a reliable source on Tuesday, November 10. “They are deprived of any contact or visits with their …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – An international People’s Tribunal, the Aban Tribunal, to investigate atrocities that took place in Iran exactly one year ago has been established as an initiative of Justice for Iran, Iran Human Rights (IHR) and the world coalition Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort (ECPM) on behalf of victims’ families and protestors. The Tribunal provides a …