Human rights

Iranwire – An Iranian court has sentenced Ashkan Fahim, a prominent Kurdish author and cultural activist jailed for more than 100 days, to 45 months in prison and two years in exile to the central city of Arak. The First Branch of the Mahabad Revolutionary Court issued the sentence during an online hearing on December 16 on charges of “gathering …

Iranwire – Iranian authorities have sentenced a protester to a total of 10 years and three months in prison, IranWire has learnt.  On December 13, Branch 11 of the Zanjan Court of Appeals upheld the sentence issued in the first instance against Mohammad Maleki. Branch 2 of the Zanjan Revolutionary Court previously sentenced Maleki to eight months for “propaganda against …

Iranwire – Security agents detained a Baha’i woman in the streets of Shiraz on December 18, as the authorities intensified their crackdown on members of the religious minority.   The officers took Yekta Fohandej to her home, searched it, and confiscated numerous personal belongings of the woman and her husband, including religious books and photographs. There were no other details available …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Samira Sabzian, a woman sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was executed in Ghezelhesar Prison. Condemning Samira’s execution, IHRNGO urges the international community for a serious reaction to the high rise in executions. Director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said: “Samira was a victim of years of gender apartheid, child marriage, and domestic violence, and today she fell victim to …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – An Afghan national and a Baluch minority were executed for drug-related charges in Ghezelhesar Prison. At least three others are at imminent risk of execution at the prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Ghezelhesar Prison on 19 December. Their identities have been established as Abdollah Zamani, an …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Moslem Farahani who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges, has been executed in Zanjan Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Zanjan Central Prison on 19 December. His identity has been established as 40-year-old Moslem Farahani from Qazvin. Moslem was arrested for drug-related charges two years …

Iranwire – In a powerful act of defiance, Iranian singer Khatereh Hakimi has shared a video of herself singing “Safarnak,” accompanied by three women journalists imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin prison. The video, which was posted on social media, shows Hakimi playing the guitar and singing. The journalists Nasim Sultanbeigi, Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi can also be heard singing over …

Iranwire – Iranian Revolutionary Guards have shot dead a transborder porter, or kolbar, in the western province of Kurdistan, according to Kurdish human rights activists. The man, identified as Ali Qaderi from Baneh, was fatally shot without prior warning at the Asnawa crossing on the border with Iraq.  Qaderi, a 52-year-old father of four, was shot in the heart, and …

Iranwire – Tension was reportedly high in two predominantly Baluch cities in the southeastern Iranian province of Zahedan after armed forces stormed at least three Sunni mosques there and arrested an undisclosed number of people. The Campaign of Baluch Activists reported that two mosques were raided in the provincial capital of Zahedan on December 18, resulting in the arrest of …

Iran-HR – Hasan Khalkhal Zard, a citizen of Galikesh city in Golestan province, is a 32-year-old protester who has been accused of insulting the Prophet for participating in the nationwide protests of 2022. This charge could pose a serious risk of issuing a death sentence. According to the report by Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM), Hasan Khalkhal Zard was …