Human rights

Iran-HRM – Once again, a woman hired and provoked by the head of Qarchak Prison in Varamin, assailed female political prisoners, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and Zahra Safaei. The woman is an ordinary inmate hired by Mehdi Mohammadi, the head of Qarchak Prison, to attack and kill resistant political prisoners. She attacked Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and Zahra Safaei on Monday night, …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, has been executed at Yazd Central Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, a male prisoner was executed at Yazd Central Prison on the morning of Sunday, 1 November 2020. His identity has been established as Heydar Ali Mohammadian who was on death row for murder. An informed …

Radiofarda – A top UN expert has urged countries to repeal laws infringing on minorities’ rights to worship and hold beliefs, singling out Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Moldova, and Russia among countries of concern. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN special investigator on religious freedom, warned in a report seen by AP on November 4 that “the failure to eliminate discrimination, combined with …

Iran-HRM – The lawyer of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi, who were both violently arrested by the security forces in April 2020, says the regime’s judiciary officials continue to prevent the two students from signing the power of attorney. Attorney Mostafa Nili said on Tuesday, November 4 that the overseeing assistance prosecutor is preventing the students from power of …

Amnesty – Massud Mossaheb, a 73-year-old Austrian-Iranian dual national, is serving a 10-year prison term imposed after a grossly unfair trial for vague national security offences. He is being held in Tehran’s Evin prison and has serious medical conditions, including heart failure and diabetes. He is at heightened risk of severe illness or death if he contracts COVID-19. View report …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Domestic media in Iran have reported that Habib Alaswad has been arrested in Turkey and transferred to Iran. Arresting and extraditing the dissident political activist is akin to kidnapping and should be met with appropriate responses from the international community. Iran Human Rights calls for a diligent investigation into the extradition of Habib Alaswad to …

Iran-HRM – Recent reports indicate horrific health and hygienic conditions in Mahabad Prison. The Coronavirus has plagued the prison and prisoners are at high risk of infection. A number of staff and employees at the prison have already contracted COVID-19. No accurate figures are available on the number of fatalities and COVID-19 cases in this prison. However, it is known …

Iran-HRM – Four imprisoned Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company workers have started a hunger strike in protest at their unlawful detention. The four men who represented the workers were were arrested at their homes on October 29 and detained detained for “disrupting public order” and were interrogated without access to their lawyers. According to the Telegram channel of Haft Tappeh Sugarcane …

Iran-HRM – At least 20 political prisoners detained in November 2019 protests have been infected with OVID-19 in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary.Limitations have been implemented for these prisoners in calling their families to prevent the news from leaking out. These prisoners who are held in the prison’s Section 2, have been experiencing symptoms such as fever and chills, dizziness, body aches, …

Ppyvand.com – About 70 percent of prisoners in Iran are directly and indirectly involved in drug-related crimes, Eskandar Momeni, the director of headquarters for the fight against narcotics, has said.  Some 40 percent of the inmates in prisons are convicted of drug smuggling directly and 30 percent indirectly, he stated. According to Momeni, many social harms such as divorce, violent …