Human rights

VOA – Iran has hanged nine convicted drug traffickers in recent days, state media reported Tuesday, as it keeps up one of the world’s highest rates of execution. Three were hanged at a prison in the northwestern province of Ardabil on charges of “buying and transporting heroin and opium,” the official IRNA news agency said. The other six were executed …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) –  After spending 14 years on death row, Kurdish-Sunni political prisoner, Davoud Abdollahi was executed for charges of moharebeh (enmity against god) and efsad-fil-arz (corruption on earth) in Ghezelhesar Prison. Iran Human Rights condemns the rampant executions, which have intensified in recent months, and calls for immediate international attention to this issue. Director, Mahmoud Amiry-Moghaddam said: “Davoud Abdollahi had been sentenced …

RFL/RE – Dawood Abdullahi, a Kurdish prisoner of conscience, has been executed in Iran’s Qazalhasar prison, local media reports said, after spending more than 14 years in prison. The Ha-Ngao and Kurdpa news outlets reported on January 2 that Abdullahi was executed at the prison in Karaj and that his body has been handed over to family members. News of the execution …

iranintl – The suicide of six workers at a petrochemical plant in Iran in less than two years is viewed by a prominent economist as an extreme form of protest. Hossein Raghfar, an economist at Tehran’s Al- Zahra University, known for his research on poverty in Iran, expressed this perspective in an interview with the Didban-e Iran news website after …

Iran-HRM – Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM) has made an effort in its annual report to provide an overview of the human rights situation in Iran. Given that the judiciary in Iran extensively employed executions as the most ruthless and inhumane form of punishment in 2023, a significant portion of the 2023 annual report focuses on executions. Another section …

iranintl – Reza Rasaei and Mojahed Kourkour, protesters sentenced to death, have been dispatched for execution. Azardokht Haqjouyan, Reza Rasaei’s mother, asserted her son’s innocence and pleaded for assistance to prevent the execution of his death sentence. She revealed that her son’s extensive 1,500-page case file had been reviewed within a week. Rasaei faces accusations of “murder” in connection with …

RFL/RE – Iran’s judiciary announced on January 1 that five unidentified people had been executed after being convicted of multiple armed robberies “that rendered roads unsafe and spread fear among people.” The five were accused of stealing livestock in rural areas west of Tehran. Iran executes more people than any country except China. Activists say at least 31 people have …

VOA – Iran’s embassy in Spain said Sunday that it had released the last Spanish national detained in the country, a tourist who was arrested shortly after he entered the country in October 2022. Santiago Sanchez Cogedor was held as protests were roiling Iran after the death in custody of the young Iranian Mahsa Amini, arrested for allegedly violating laws …

iranintl – Judges and judicial officials of the Islamic Republic visiting Tehran’s Evin Prison encountered escalating protests from women political prisoners on Wednesday. The incident happened when a group of high-ranking judiciary officials paid a visit to the notorious jail, informed sources told Iran International. The female detainees boldly chanted slogans and sang revolutionary songs, demanding an end to what they …

iranintl – As 2023 ends, a human rights group has documented numerous cases of violations, including those targeting religious and ethnic groups, women and labor activists. Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA) published its annual report for 2023 on December 28, in which diverse cases of human rights violations were detailed and categorized. Spanning January 1 to December 20, 2023, the publication …