Human rights

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statements US State department stated “The Islamic Republic does not tolerate dissent of any kind and persecutes civil society activists, including labour rights leaders, and members of ethnic and religious minority groups.” It also called “Its prisons are notorious for mistreatment and torture, and it uses capital punishment on minors and for crimes that do …

Radiofarda – In a statement on Saturday, September 26, the Iranian Writers Association (IWA) said that three of its members had been placed behind bars in Tehran’s infamous Evin prison. Baktash Abtin, Kayvan Bazhan, and Reza Khandan have started their prison term while the coronavirus pandemic is underway, with the condition of inmates in Tehran havinb been described as “deplorable.” …

Iran-HRM – Mostafa Hashemizadeh, a student at Tehran University, was summoned Friday to Evin Court to begin serving his sentence of six years in prison and 74 lashes. Branch 26 of Tehran’s revolutionary court had sentenced Mostafa Hashemizadeh, a civil engineering student at the University of Tehran, to 5 years in prison on a charge of “assembly and collusion to disrupt national security.” In …

Shabtabnews – IRF US Ambassador, Sam Brownback, yesterday in a twitter statement welcomed the sanctioning of  several Iranian officials and entities for gross violations of human rights. The United States has sanctioned several Iranian officials and entities for gross violations of human rights, including denial of the right to liberty of those seeking to practice their faith.  Iran should respect the right …

Iran-HRM -Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence against a prisoner who suffered almost 29 years on death row. The prisoner, Moein Salavarzi has languished in a cruel limbo after being arrested and charged with murdering his brother in 1991. In a phone call to his family last week, the 55-year-old said that his death sentence has been upheld by the …

Iran-HRM – The coronavirus is spreading quickly in Sheyban Prison of Ahvaz as the number of inmates has risen in the past month, deteriorating hygienic conditions at the prison. The number of inmates contracting COVID-19 in the prison has jumped up in recent months. Following the March protests over COVID-19 safety fears in Sepidar and Sheyban prisons in Ahvaz, Khuzestan province, most …

Iran-HRM -Four days after the death of a protester prison, new reports indicate that he was tortured in custody despite his critical health conditions. The relatives of Nader Mokhtari dismissed the judiciary’s claims about him as “shameless lies”, saying he died of injuries received while in custody. Responding to the head of Prisons Organization of Tehran province, Heshmatollah Hayatolgheib, who claimed that …

Radiofarda – Jailed Iranian human rights advocate Nasrin Sotoudeh has ended her hunger strike due to deteriorating health, her husband Reza Khandan said on social media on September 26. Sotoudeh had been on a hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin prison since August 11 to protest the risk that political prisoners in Iran face amid the coronavirus pandemic. On September 19, she was …

Radiofarda – Reporters Without Borders called on Iran on Thursday to halt discussions on an “anti-liberty” parliamentary motion that would restrict social media. The organization, which internationally advocates for free media, said that the motion, entitled “Organizing Social Media,” was presented to the presidium of Iran’s Majlis parliament and is set to be delivered to its floor after being approved …

Iran-HRM – Shahin Naseri, the cellmate of Navid Afkari who had testified in court about the torture of the now executed political prisoner has been handed over to the state Security Force Intelligence, according to Babak Paknia, an attorney involved in Navid Afkari’s legal case. In a tweet September 22 Babak Paknia said that he intended to represent Shahin Naseri, but he …