Human rights

Radiofarda – A Revolutionary Court in Iran has sentenced a husband and wife who are among Iranian lifestyle and sports Instagram influencers to a total of 16 years in prison, 74 lashes and a cash fine. In a post on Instagram on April 29 Ahmad Moin-Shirazi who now lives in self-exile with his wife Shabnam Shahrokhi and two children said …

Iran-HRM – Millions of Iranian workers celebrate May 1, the International Labor Day, as they have their livelihoods ruined during the coronavirus epidemic. Even before the outbreak, Iran stood way below the international standards in regards with workers’ rights.Workers’ wages and monthly salaries are not paid for months. Workers have to get loans and pay interest, sell their organs or …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner sentenced to death on “drug” charges has been executed in Hamadan Central Prison. According to IHR sources, Vahed Rostamzadeh who was sentenced to death on “drug” charges, was executed in Hamadan Central Prison on Thursday morning, April 30. He was transferred to solitary confinement on Monday, April 27 when Iran Human Rights warned …

CHRI – Amid a renewed crackdown on peaceful criticism of Iranian state policies, the son of imprisoned filmmaker and journalist Mohammad Nourizad is being arbitrarily prosecuted to “pressure” Nourizad to be silent, his wife told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “My son and other young people who expressed sympathy with the [Ukrainian plane] crash victims’ families should be praised, not imprisoned,” …

Amnesty – Scores of Ahwazi Arab prisoners in Sheiban prison, Khuzestan province, require medical care for injuries caused by beatings and metal pellets fired by security forces on 31 March during protests over the spread of COVID-19 in the prison. Three prisoners, Hossein Silawi, Ali Khasraji and Naser Khafaji, remain forcibly disappeared. At least seven others, including prisoners of conscience …

Radiofarda – The Spokesman of Iran’s Armed Forces on Tuesday said Iran’s Law Enforcement Forces (Police) and the Revolutionary Guard’s militia arm (Basij) have arrested 3,600 individuals for “spreading rumors about coronavirus”. Speaking on a live news program on Channel 2 of Iran’s state-run television Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi warned that rumors are a means of psychological war against Iran …

Radiofarda – The bipartisan United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has singled out Iran and several other countries for criticism in its annual report released on Tuesday, April 28. Referring to the continuing violations of religious freedom by the clergy-dominated Islamic Republic government, the report calls on the United States to sanction officials responsible for serious violations of religious freedom. …

Radiofarda – A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Monday introduced the Open Technology Fund Authorization Act to help fight social media and news censorship by “oppressive governments” such as Iran, North Korea, China and Russia and to improve Internet freedom globally. The bipartisan group is sponsoring legislation that would make the non-profit Open Technology Fund (OTF) an …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – With the execution of another man on April 28 in Sanandaj prison, the total number of executions in the prison during six days has reached five. The execution is carried out while the Islamic Republic’s authorities had usually been reluctant to execute people in the Muslims’ fasting month, Ramadan, during the past years. However, several people …

Iran Human Rights (IHR); April 29, 2020: Two men were hanged for murder charges on April 28 at the central prison of Urmia city, West Azerbaijan province. According to IHR sources, on the morning of Tuesday, April 29, two prisoners were hanged at Urmia prison. The prisoners are identified by the sources as Zarar Peyghami from the city of Oshnavieh …