Human rights

Iran-HRM Security forces in southwest Iran have made widespread arrests following large protests over the HIV infection of more than 300 villagers by a local health clinic. The arrests in the village of Chenar Mahmoud in the town of Lordegan, Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari Province, started on Tuesday, October 8, three days after hundreds of Iranians in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari …

Radiofarda – A large group of Iranian lawmakers have submitted a proposal in parliament to stop the teaching of English as a second language in public schools, citing remarks by the country’s Supreme Leader. Three years ago, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei complained in a speech that teaching English was spreading even “into daycare” institutions. Now, 57 members of parliament are backing …

VOA – The 5-year-old daughter of a British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran since 2016 has arrived back in Britain, her father said Friday, after making the “bittersweet” decision to bring her home. Gabriella Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been staying with relatives in Iran since her mother Nazanin’s detention on sedition charges, visiting her in jail each week. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, stated in …

CHRI – On the International Day of the Girl Child, All States Urged to Address Needs of Girl Children Child Marriage, Lack of Protection against Abuse, Juvenile Executions Key Issues in Iran October 11, 2019—On the International Day of the Girl Child, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) urges the authorities in Iran to confront its child protection crisis, …

CHRI – Women’s Tickets Capped at 4,000 Out of 75,000 The soccer match between Iran and Cambodia on October 10, 2019, in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium included the historic presence of thousands of women. However, although the stadium was more than half empty, the authorities capped the number of tickets sold to women and denied female photographers press access. No law bans women …

Radiofarda – An Iranian human rights organization, Justice for Iran has called on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Foundation “to undertake serious measures to ensure authoritarian states, such as the Islamic Republic of Iran, do not use Wikipedia as a tool for censorship, suppression and impunity.” Some of the Iranian Wikipedia contributors had previously accused some members of the Persian editorial team …

Radiofarda – The National Iranian Cyberspace Center has denied reports about the lifting of the ban on popular social networking application Telegram. A statement issued by the center on Thursday October 10 says rumors on social media about the lifting of the ban on Telegram are not true. Telegram, which had close to 40 million users in Iran was banned …

Radiofarda – The family of a political prisoner in Iran has told Radio Farda Thursday that intelligence agents prevented medical treatment in the city of Mashhad. Mohammad Hossein Sepehri (R) before his arrest for signing a statement calling for Khamenei’s resignation. FILE Mohammad Hossein Sepehri was arrested on August 11 along with 13 other individuals who had signed a letter …

RFL/RE – After a ban lasting nearly four decades, Iranian women will finally be allowed to watch a men’s soccer match at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on October 10 as Iran takes on Cambodia in a World Cup qualifier. The Iran-Cambodia game in Tehran on October 10 will mark the first time since shortly after the Islamic Revolution in 1979 that …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – According to the statistics department of IHR, Iranian authorities have executed 212 prisoners including 2 juvenile-offenders between January 1 and October 10, 2019. This report is being published on the occasion of the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty, which aims at raising awareness about the children as unseen victims of the death penalty. …