Human rights

Shabtabtabnews – In a weekly IRF Meeting the IOPHR representative Hamid Gharagozloo’s discussed with US Ambassador on Religous Freedom, Sam Brownback, on the subject of the ongoing Campaign To Find The Truth Behind Dr. Tabandeh’s Death. Mr Gharagozloo at the virtual meeting In this discussion Mr Gharagozloo stated “We at the IOPHR have started a campaign to find out the …

Amnesty – We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call on your government to address the continuing crisis of impunity for serious human rights violations committed by the Iranian authorities during the November 2019 protests and their aftermath, including through collective action at the 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council. View report in English DOWNLOAD PDF

Radiofarda – Police arrested an outspoken Iranian women’s rights activist in Turkey on Monday, and may deport her to Iran, where she may potentially could face torture, prison and even the death penalty. Maryam Shariatmadari is one of the Iranian women who courageously defied compulsory Hijab in the Twelver-Shi’ite clergy-dominated country. The anti-compulsory hijab movement, called “the Girls of Revolution …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Joint call for states to mandate a UN-led inquiry into the serious human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, torture and unlawful killings during and in the aftermath of the November 2019 protests in Iran, on the occasion of the 45th session of the HRC We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call on your government to …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder was executed in Borujerd Central Prison and another prisoner on death row was returned to his cell after being granted an extension. According to Iran Human Rights, a male prisoner was executed in Borujerd Central Prison this morning, 9th September. The identity of the Borujerd native who …

Al-Arabia- Iran’s state TV, citing an unnamed official, says British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is facing a new charge. The report on Tuesday did not elaborate. Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been released from prison due to the coronavirus pandemic after serving nearly all of her five-year sentence. Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested during a holiday with her toddler daughter in April 2016. Her family …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Last week, the Iranian regime’s Supreme Court issued two death sentences to wrestling champion Navid Afkari, along with six-and-a-half years in prison and 74 lashes, according to Persian-language news broadcaster Iran International. His two brothers were also arrested; Vahid Afkari was given a prison sentence of 54 years and 74 lashes, and Habib Afkari received 27 years and …

Shabtabnews – In a series of tweets UCIRF “demanded the release of Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, the human right activist and author who was arrested over an unpublished short story criticizing the religiously-justified practice of stoning women to death. Since then, #Iran has only doubled down on this egregious violation of religious freedom.” On this day in 2014, Iranian author @golrokhiraee …

Radiofarda – An award-winning Iranian student is allegedly under pressure to make a forced televised confession in order to commute his death sentence, his sister says. In a tweet on Saturday, Ali Younesi’s sister, Aida, said that the Ministry of Intelligence agents in charge of investigating her brother’s case gave her brother the option to make a televised confession on …

Radiofarda – Abolhassan Firoozabadi, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace (ISCC), says that if Internet platforms are not compatible with the laws and standards of the Islamic Republic, they will be censored. Firoozabadi said on Sunday that filters may be implemented on Internet content “if the platforms do not comply with Iranian law” or “create cultural, social, political …