Human rights

Radiozamaneh – In Feb 2020, the Iranian judiciary announced that it has sentenced three individuals to death in connection with the nation-wide November 2019 protests that erupted over gasoline price. The protests soon took a more radical turn and became about economic and political conditions of the country. In the protests that took place between 15 and 19 November, security …

Shabtabnews – USCIRF Releases Report on the Anti-cult Movement and Religious Regulation in Russia and Central AsiaWashington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following report:Religious Regulation Issue Update – This issue update explains the legacy of Soviet-era legislation as well as the substantial influence of the western anti-cult movement on contemporary religious regulation in …

Radiofarda – In an unprecedented move, the Islamic Republic intelligence agents have interrogated two detained university students in a public meeting, says Aida Younessi, the sister of one of the detainees. Ms. Younesi’s brother, Ali, and Amir Hossein Moradi were interrogated in a general meeting of prosecutors, intelligence officials and others on July 14, without having access to their attorneys. …

Al-Arabia – Iran has arrested about 30 people following the anti-government protests that broke out in the southwestern city of Behbahan on Thursday, the Iranian Human Rights Activists’ News Agency (HRANA) said on Friday. Protests broke out in Behbahan in the oil-rich Khuzestan province on Thursday with demonstrators demanding the overthrow of the regime, according to videos shared on social media. …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that 25 million Iranians have been infected with the coronavirus and that another 35 million are at risk of acquiring it. For more coronavirus news, visit our dedicated page. The figures, which Rouhani said were based on a new Health Ministry report, are far higher Iran’s official toll of 269,440 infected. Rouhani …

VOA- Iranians angered by their government’s handling of a faltering economy staged a rare protest in a southwestern city on Thursday, in defiance of security forces which dispersed attempted demonstrations in other parts of Iran. A review of images sent to VOA Persian appears to show Iranians chanting anti-government slogans in the streets of Behbahan in Iran’s Khuzestan province after …

Iran-HRM – The police chief in Behbahan, on Friday vowed to deal “decisively” with further protests, a day after security forces fired teargas to disperse protests in the southwestern city of Behbahan. The city’s police announced in an official statement on Friday that they will decisively deal with the protests. Speaking to the official news agency IRNA on Friday 17 July, Behbahan Police …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Mehdi Salimi, a writer and translator, who was arrested on July 7, at his parents’ house in Ahar, is facing charges of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic, blasphemy, inciting corruption and prostitution, and assembly and collusion against national security”. Over the past year, there has been an intensification in the state repression of writers, artists, …

(AP) — Police dispersed protesters in southwestern Iran angry over the Islamic Republic’s anemic economy amid a U.S. sanctions campaign, a news report said on Friday, and internet access to the wider region was disrupted as demonstrators shared videos of the rally. Internet-access advocacy group NetBlocks.org reported the disruption affecting Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan province late Thursday. The outage coincided with …

Shabtabnews – Following the statement of IOPHR on 27th June requesting for Urgent Action against death sentences issued against protesters, Hamid Gharagozloo the representative of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) in Washington, D.C. in an interview in Kalam TV highlighted the importance of global twitter campaign to stop the carrying out of the death sentence against the …