Human rights

RFL/RE – The husband of the jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says his wife has had her temporary release extended for another two weeks by the Iranian government.“Nazanin’s father got told today that it has been extended until Saturday, April 18, an extra two weeks,” husband Richard Ratcliffe told AFP in an e-mail on March 28.He added that the …

Iran-HRM – Security forces have reportedly attacked inmates at risk of coronavirus infection at Tabriz Prison in southwestern Iran to stop their protest against prison conditions. Inmates staged a protest on Thursday to protest not being given leaves and sending new prisoners to the wards without going through the quarantine period. The protest was resumed on Thursday with some prisoners …

Amnesty – The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release hundreds of prisoners of conscience amid grave fears over the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran’s prisons. The authorities should take measures to protect the health of all prisoners and urgently consider releasing pre-trial detainees and those who may be at particular risk of severe illness or death. First UA: …

Radiofarda – The New Delhi Parsi Association has sent its second relief cargo, including medicine and medical equipment, to coronavirus-hit Iran, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)-linked Fars news agency reported. Zoroastrian Parsis from India brought medical supplies for Iran to fight coronavirus. A leader of Iran’s Zoroastrian community, Sepanta Niknam (L) March 25, 2020 Followers of the Iranian monotheist …

Radiofarda – The family of an imprisoned U.S. navy veteran in Iran who was allowed to go on a medical furlough said on Wednesday that he has coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms and called on the Iranian government to allow him to go home for medical treatment. In a Tweeter thread on March 26, the Free Michael White campaign said since being …

Iran-HRM – A revolutionary court in Iran has sentenced human rights lawyer Soheila Hejab to 18 years in prison. The branch 28 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court presided by notorious judge Abolghasem Moghiseh, has sentenced the rights activist to a total of 18 years behind bars on the charges of “propaganda against the state”, “assembly and collusion”, “disrupting public order to …

Iran-HRM – Sepideh Farhan, a civil rights activist held in Evin Prison, has been deprived of leave despite the Coronavirus outbreak and a promise of temporary release made last week by prison authorities. Her family posted a bail on March 18 to secure her release but Judiciary officials and prison authorities have refused to grant her leave since then.Civil rights activist, …

VOA – Tehran has denied it knows the whereabouts of Robert Levinson after the United States demanded “a complete accounting” of what happened to the retired FBI agent, who is believed to have died in Iranian custody.  “Iran has always maintained that its officials have no knowledge of Mr. Levinson’s whereabouts, and that he is not in Iranian custody. Those facts …

Shabtabnews – On 24th March 2020, IOPHR sent an open letter to Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Managing Director of the World Health Organisation, pointing to the Iranian regime’s incapacity to the deal with Coronavirus , and thus asking WHO to directly intervene and deal with the epidemic in Iran . In there letter IOPHR points to Iranian regime’s incompetence, …

Iran-HRM – Iran’s COVID-19 fatalities have surpassed 10,900 yet the Iranian regime still refuses to properly address the crisis that has engulfed the country. The National Council of Resistance has announced that at least 10,900 people have died of coronavirus in 212 cities across Iran.Over 600 people have died of COVID-19 in the city of Isfahan and more than 500 in Kashan, …