Human rights

Amnesty – The number of people believed to have been killed during demonstrations in Iran that broke out on 15 November has risen to at least 208, said Amnesty International, based on credible reports received by the organization. The real figure is likely to be higher. Dozens of the deaths have been recorded in Shahriar city in Tehran province – …

CHRI – An unarmed civilian and mother of three young children, Ameneh Shahbazi, was killed by a bullet as she was trying to help a person shot in the leg during a protest, her brother, Mohammad Shahbazi, said in an interview with the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Her death certificate indicated that she had died from a …

CHRI – Hamid Rasouli, who died in the Golshahr district of Karaj, west of Tehran, on November 17, 2019, during the recent protests that swept through in Iran, was struck by bullets fired by security forces, one of his relatives told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on condition of anonymity. A 32-year-old married man, Rasouli was “critical of present …

Al-Monitor – While the protests over gas prices in Iran have completely died down and the internet is back up, Iranians and some officials are attempting to put together the pieces of what happened after President Hassan Rouhani announced fuel subsidy cuts on Nov. 16. Government officials have not yet offered a tally of the number killed or arrested as a result of the protests. Members …

Radiofarda – As the reported death toll form protests in Iran climbs higher, bringing widespread recriminations, some officials appear to be trying to contain the anger by walking back their earlier harsh statements. Some opposition websites, such as Kalemeh, have reported that over 150 protesters shot dead have been buried in only one cemetery in Tehran. Other reports say over 100 bodies …

Iran- HRM – Iranian regime’s Interior Minister ordered the broadcast of forced “confessions” by those arrested. Speaking to the state-run Channel One TV on November 26, the Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli insisted that those arrested should confess on TV to what they have done during the protests. Rahmani Fazli declared that people who had key roles in November protests are being …

Iran-HRM – Speaking at the Friday prayer congregation in Tehran, the prayer leader Ali Akbari demanded the death penalty for Iran protesters. In a part of his disgusting remarks Ali Akbari said on November 29: “We must take security issues more seriously than before, firmly and based on sharia laws. You know that God is very harsh against seditionists, those disrupting public …

Following Iran’s nationwide protests which started on November 15 over gas price hike, the Iranian regime has made detention centers out of many schools, in violation of international conventions. The extent of unlawful detentions was so large that regime have turned schools in many towns into detention centers. A video clip posted on the internet shows how the Quds elementary school …

Radiozmaneh – What was going on at the scene of the November protests in Iran? How and why did people protest? What was the composition of the protesters? How did the security forces attack and kill? “Until a week ago I was living a normal life. When one gets out of the house, one does not think that a stranger …

A nature conservationist guard (ranger) was executed in Kerman city on Thursday for the charge of killing a hunter.  iranhr.net – According to the Iranian state-run news agency ISNA, on the morning of Thursday, November 28, a nature conservationist guard (ranger) was executed for shooting an illegal hunter to death ten years ago. His identity is not revealed. However, a …