Human rights

HRW – Iranian authorities have detained two students from Sharif University in Tehran in solitary confinement for nearly two months, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should release the two students immediately – unless they can promptly charge them with a recognizable crime – and ensure all their due process rights. The authorities arrested Ali Younesi, 20, on a Tehran street …

CHRI – Laws in Iran that allow the authorities to imprison people after they’ve been acquitted should be immediately revised, said the mother of jailed activist Saba Kord-Afshari, 21, who is again facing a minimum 15-year prison sentence for advocating against the country’s mandatory hijab law after the Appeals Court acquitted her. Kord-Afshari’s mother, Raheleh Ahmadi, is also in prison for campaigning …

Al-Arabia – Emmanuel Macron made the comments on the one-year anniversary of Fariba Adelkah’s imprisonment.  French President Emmanuel Macron meets with trade unions and employers’ representatives amid the novel coronavirus outbreak at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 4, 2020.  Photo by Yoan Valat/REUTERS. The French president is calling on Iran to release a dual-citizen academic imprisoned there. Emmanuel …

Radiofarda – President Emmanuel Macron has demanded that Franco-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, whom Tehran has sentenced to six years in prison, be released immediately. “One year ago, Farida Adelkhah was arbitrarily arrested in Iran. It is unacceptable that she is still in prison,” Macron tweeted on June 5. “My message to Iranian authorities: justice demands that our compatriot be immediately …

Iran-HRM – Coronavirus has become widespread in Urmia Central Prison, with more than 70 percent of inmates in the prison suffering from the disease.Over the past week, the coronavirus infection has spread to wards 14 and 15.More than 30 prisoners who tested positive for the virus were taken to a hospital outside the prison on Wednesday.Earlier on Sunday, 30 other prisoners …

Iran-HRM – The Intelligence agents of the State Security Force shot and killed a young man at his home in the southern Dashtestan County.Iman Malaki, 35, was shot and killed by the state forces who stormed his home on April 13, to arrest his brother. Iman Malaki’s resistance against the sudden attack of the plainclothes agents who did not have …

RFL/RE – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says Ali Motaghian, the chief of Iran’s semiofficial ISNA news agency, has been convicted over the publishing of an article quoting a former Iranian diplomat who criticized Tehran’s “arbitrary” intelligence operations in Europe. It was not immediately clear what sentence was handed down in the case and whether Motaghian was in custody …

Iran-HRM – An Ahwazi Arab prisoner held in solitary confinement in Sheiban Prison, Khuzestan province, has been denied medical treatment despite his critical condition and being placed under torture. Prisoner of conscience Jaber Alboshokeh needs medical care for injuries caused by beatings by security forces during the violent repression of protests that erupted in the prison on 31 March 2020 …

VOA – Israel says it has been considering requests by thousands of Iranians seeking to leave Iran and receive asylum or medical assistance in the Jewish state, a longtime foe of Iran’s Islamist rulers. In recent weeks, Israel’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has told local news outlets that its Persian social media channels have seen a surge in messages from Iranians …

Iran Human Rights – At least 5 prisoners have been transferred to solitary confinement and are scheduled to be executed during the next week.  According to Iran Human Rights (IHR) sources, 5 death row prisoners, mainly sentenced to death for murder charges, were transferred to solitary confinement at Rajai-Shahr prison on Tuesday, June 3. The death sentences are scheduled to …