Human rights

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Amir Ahmadzadeh, Mehdi Keyvanlu and Hashem Zoorabadi were executed for murder and drug-related charges in Sabzevar Prison. According to HRANA news agency, a man was executed in Sabzevar Prison on 3 January. His identity has been established as Amir Ahmadzadeh who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder. Two other men were also executed at the prison …

Shabtabnews – In a statement by IOPHR ( The International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights ) on the Anniversary of the Deliberate Downing of the Ukrainian Passenger Airline linked the recent terrorist attack in Kerman to the Iranian Regime’s terrorist policies. The statement stated : “Similar to the misinformation surrounding the Ukrainian plane tragedy, the IRGC officials hastily and without …

Iranwire – Four years after the downing of a Ukrainian airliner that killed 176 people near Tehran, grief and the pursuit of justice remain central to the lives of the victims’ families and their supporters worldwide. Commemorations were held in various cities on January 7, including Toronto, Montreal, London, Paris, Berlin, Washington, and even at Shahedshahr, where Ukraine International Airlines …

VOA – An anti-hijab advocate in Iran, Roya Heshmati, has been lashed 74 times by Iranian authorities on charges of “injury to public chastity” for not wearing the mandatory head covering. Heshmati was detained at her home in Tehran last April after sharing an unveiled image of herself on social media, according to her lawyer, Mazyar Tataie. Tataie said Heshmati …

Al-Arabia – Iranian authorities have whipped a woman 74 times for “violating public morals” and fined her for not covering her head, the judiciary said. “The convicted, Roya Heshmati, encouraged permissiveness (by appearing) disgracefully in busy public places in Tehran,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said late on Saturday. “Her penalty of 74 strokes of the lash was carried out …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Naghi Zayerfar, a man on death row for drug-related charges, was executed in Maragheh Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Maragheh Prison on 2 January. His identity has been established as Naghi Zayerfar who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the Revolutionary Court. An informed …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Saeed Moradian, a man on death row for drug-related charges, was executed in Hamedan Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Hamedan Central Prison on 4 January. His identity has been established as 29-year-old Saeed (Ali) Moradian who was arrested around two years ago. He was sentenced …

iranintl – Iran’s government uses public resources to repress dissidents and to enforce hijab rather than ensuring the safety of borders and citizens, critical voices say. Those responsible for defending the country and its borders “have strayed from their main responsibility” which has created suitable grounds for terrorists, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, the conservative former head of the parliament’s National Security and …

Amnesty – Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkouri is at imminent risk of execution in relation to the September-December 2022 popular uprising. On 24 December, his family learned that Branch 39 of the Supreme Court upheld his conviction and death sentence. His sentence was sent for implementation, amid an ongoing spike in executions across the country. He is being held in solitary confinement …

RFL/RE – A shop owner in Iran has been sentenced to two years in prison after publishing photos without a hijab, or head scarf, the U.S.-based human rights network HRANA said on January 5. According to the activists, Zeinab Khenyabpour had already been sentenced to three months in prison in early December in another case for “propaganda against the state.” …