Human rights

Iran-HRM – Iran’s security forces on May 28 shot and killed two Kurdish porters in the city of Khoy in West Azerbaijan Province. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) the two men – Mohsen Darvishzadeh, 26, and Ebrahim Jordizaj, 29, along with two other men were carrying a load of cigarettes with horses. According to eyewitnesses the porters known …

Iran-HRM – A Tehran Appeals Court upheld without a hearing the verdict for an Iran protester. Ali Nanvaei, a Tehran University student, was arrested by Intelligence Ministry agents on November 18, 2019 as he was leaving school and taken to an undisclosed location. The preliminary court examined Mr. Nanvaei’s case on February 4, 2020 on the charge of “disruption of …

Radiofarda – Iranian human rights news agencies on Friday reported that police security department agents of Ahvaz arrested at least thirty citizens in the town of Shooshtar, Khuzestan Province on May 28. According to Human Rights in Iran (HRI), the detained citizens including at least two teenagers were taken from their homes in Shooshtar in the early hours of Thursday …

Radiofarda – A man whose son was shot dead by the Islamic Republic security forces during last November’s widespread anti-regime protests says his tomb has been desecrated. In a video message posted on his Instagram page, Manouchehr Bakhtiari said on Friday, May 29, “Our message for seeking justice has frightened the establishment. They (Islamic Republic agents) visited my Pouya’s shrine …

Iran-RHM – Civil activist Rouhollah Mirzaei turned himself in to the Evin Prison in Tehran on May 5, 2020, to serve his sentence. He was initially admitted to the quarantine ward and is presently detained in Ward 8 of Evin Prison. He had been summoned in March at the height of the Coronavirus outbreak. Mr. Mirzaei’s relatives say he had been threatened …

Iran-HRM – A catastrophe is in the making in the Central Prison of Karaj, according to reports from this prison. The inmates have appealed to the international community to take urgent action to save their lives. Some 600 prisoners detained in a ward called “Souleh” in the Central Prison of Karaj are held under catastrophic conditions susceptible to infection with …

Radiofarda – The Law Enforcement Commander of Khuzestan Province on Wednesday said the security police of Mahshahr Port has arrested “fourteen agents of Takfiri and separatist groups”. Brigadier General Heydar Abbaszadeh said those who have been arrested had shot bullets at police and Basij headquarters, hoisted “the fake flag of Al-Ahvaziyoun group around the city, and sent video clips showing …

Radiofarda – Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of Nazain Zaghari-Ratcliffe, on Wednesday said he is ‘hopeful’ she will be one of 3,000 people pardoned by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Speaking to Sky News Mr. Ratcliffe said Nazanin’s lawyer has been summoned to the prosecutor’s office and Nazanin and her family are awaiting the authorities’ latest decision about Nazanin. On May …

Al-Arabia – An 18-year-old Iranian young woman has died of critical burns after her brother torched their house for marrying a man he did not approve of, state media reported on Wednesday. The victim had been hospitalised for a week and died from severe burn injuries on Tuesday, according to local media. The incident occurred in the city of Rasht …

VOA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on his cabinet Wednesday to quickly adopt laws aimed at curbing so-called honor killings after a father was arrested this week for allegedly murdering his 13- or 14-year-old daughter. Reza Ashrafi was arrested for allegedly killing his daughter, Romina Ashrafi, with a farm sickle while she was sleeping after she fled her parents’ …