Human rights

VOA – Female football fans in Iran claimed a small win Thursday in their long campaign to be allowed into stadiums to watch men’s games after decades of exclusion. A photograph was posted on social media by the campaign group Open Stadiums of three female fans inside the Azadi Stadium in Tehran for the game between city rivals Persepolis and …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Mehdi Nasiri and Abbas Ketabi were executed for drug-related charges in Qom Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, at least two men were executed in Qom Central Prison on 9 December. Their identities have been established as 41-year-old Mehdi Nasiri from Karaj and 47-year-old Abbas Ketabi (pictured) from Qom. Mehdi Nasiri …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Abdolbaset Gorgij and Abdolaziz Shahlibar were executed for drug-related charges in Zahedan Central Prison. According to Haal Vsh, two Baluch men were executed in Zahedan Central Prison on 9 December. Their identities have been reported as 33-year-old Abdolbaset Gorgij (right photo) from Zahedan and 34-year-old Abdolaziz (Haml) Shahlibar (left photo) from Delgan. They were both …

Iranwire – A 19-year-old pre-university student died in the eastern Iranian city of Zabul this week after being tortured by intelligence agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Haalvsh human rights group reported.  Mahmoud Derakhshani, an ethnic Baluch, was arrested on September 3 by IRGC intelligence agents who had stormed his father’s home without a court order.  The …

Iranwire – Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council has approved an amended version of the controversial Chastity and Hijab bill after parliament addressed issues raised over the proposed legislation. The council ruled that the draft law, which has drawn criticism both inside the country and abroad, is now consistent with the general policies of the legislative system. The Guardian Council is expected to echo …

Iranwire – Zohreh Sarv, an Iranian political prisoner who has been on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin prison for three weeks, attempted to take her own life. According to the activist HRANA news agency, Sarv was taken to hospital on December 12 after swallowing 30 anxiolytic pills, and was returned to prison a few hours later. HRANA quoted sources close …

Iran-HRM – Forough Taghipour and Marzieh Farsi, and Nassim Gholami Fard are at risk of execution Forough Taghipour and Marzieh Farsi, and Nassim Gholami Fard , three female political prisoners held in the women’s ward of Evin Prison, have been accused of collaborating with opposition groups against the regime( Bagh-y) on Monday December 11 ,2023, These three female political prisoners …

iranintl – Iran’s foreign ministry says there is “sufficient evidence” for the charge of espionage brought against a Swedish EU diplomat whose trial began in Tehran Saturday. Iran’s judiciary on Sunday accused Johan Niels Floderus, a 33-year-old Swedish citizen and EU diplomat of extensive intelligence collaboration with Israel against the Islamic Republic. The foreign ministry spokesman Naser Kanaani on Monday …

RFL/RE – Akbar Jafari, a professor at Tehran’s Sharif University, has resigned after being summoned and interrogated by security agents over his support for protests last year sparked by the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody. Ali Sharifi Zarchi, a faculty member at Sharif University who was previously dismissed for backing student demonstrators, confirmed the expulsion, noting that Jafari had …

Iranwire – Homa, 42, has experienced the hardships of refugees and asylum seekers in Türkiye, where she endured 10 years of exile without a work permit.  As she tried to reach Greece for a better life, she was raped by people in plainclothes while Greek border police were watching. Homa’s journey began when the Ministry of Intelligence raided her office …