Human rights

CHRI – Judiciary Chief and Supreme Leader Hollow Out Appeal Process, Defendants’ Last Line of Defense The decision by Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi, with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s blessing, to prevent the presence of the defendant, plaintiff or their legal representatives at appeal hearings is a violation of the Constitution and Criminal Procedures Regulations, Iranian human rights activists said in interviews with the …

Radiozamaneh – The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) is a theocratic republic, with a governing system unlike any other country, not even other Islamic countries – including a separate judicial system for clerics known as the Special Clerical Court. Trial of Abdollah Nouri, a Reformist Cleric; 1999 – One year before trial, he was the Interrior Minster. After he was …

Amnesty – Amnesty International has conducted further research into the 40mm “less lethal” grenades killing protesters during the recent violence in Baghdad. The new analysis showed that, in addition to the Serbian Sloboda Ĉaĉak M99 grenades already identified, a significant portion of the deadly projectiles are in fact M651 tear gas grenades and M713 smoke grenades manufactured by the Defense …

CHRI – Fate of Detainees Unclear Despite Intervention by Supreme Leader Nearly two years after they were first detained in Tehran, eight conservationists have been charged with “cooperation with U.S. and Israeli enemy states against the Islamic Republic of Iran for the purpose of espionage for the CIA and Mossad,” the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. …

CHRI – More than 70 imprisoned members of the Sufi Gonabadi Order began a hunger strike in early November to honor their ailing spiritual leader Nour-Ali Tabandeh, who had been hospitalized due to complications from his own hunger strike, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. Sixty-nine of the hunger strikers are in the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary (GTCP) in the …

CHRI – Unofficial Commemoration Growing in Popularity Despite State Repression Former political prisoner Heshmatollah Tabarzadi was among several people who were detained on October 29, 2019, for trying to enter the Pasargad archaeological site where the tomb of Cyrus the Great is located. Security forces had closed the road leading to the ancient Persian king’s final resting place north of Shiraz, Fars Province, to prevent people from attending “Cyrus Day,” an unofficial …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner hanged at the central prison of Ardabil city, northwestern Iran. According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), on the morning of Tuesday, November 5, a man hanged for murder charges at Ardabil prison. He was sentenced to death for killing his two nephews with firearm two years ago. The source has not …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Hassan Sadeghi has been banned from visiting his wife who is also a political prisoner. The visit was cancelled because Hassan Sadeqhi, detained in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj did not accept to be taken for the visit in a prison uniform with cuffs on his hands and feet. Amin Vaziri, the presiding judicial official in …

RFL/RE – For years, Iran’s state broadcaster has aired so-called confessions by political prisoners that, according to right groups and former detainees, are extracted under duress. Maziar Ebrahimi told the BBC that he had agreed to “confess” to crimes dictated to him by Intelligence Ministry interrogators after being tortured for 40 days. But now a group of lawmakers wants to …

Amnesty – The international community must publicly condemn the deterioration in Iran’s human rights record during the country’s upcoming review session at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 8 November, Amnesty International said today. The organization urges states taking part in Iran’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to denounce the widespread human rights violations and make concrete recommendations for …