Human rights

CHRI – Nearly four decades after women were banned from sports stadiums in Iran, a few thousand tickets were sold to female fans ahead of an October 10, 2019, World Cup qualifier match between the Iranian and Cambodian national teams. But the number of tickets sold to women was reportedly capped at around 4,000 despite FIFA’s demand that women be allowed to …

Radiofarda – Three young women who posted their own dance videos on Instagram were arrested in Iran on October 8 and will be tried in court. Screen grab from one of the young women who posted their dance videos on Instagram. Dancing in public is strictly forbidden in the Islamic Republic of Iran but uploading footage of one’s dancing on …

Iran-HRM – Annual report on the death penalty in Iran, October 2019 Iran top per capita executioner Hundreds of people in Iran are sentenced to death annually. October 10, the World Day against the Death Penalty, reminds us of the thousands of death row prisoners lingering in jails in Iran. Iranian regime officials have never heeded to the International community’s …

CHRI – Iran’s Appeals Court, which met last week to review satirist Keyomars Marzban’s appeal against a preliminary court’s harsh sentence against him, is expected to issue a ruling next week without hearing his defense, a source with detailed knowledge of his case told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on October 9, 2019. In August 2019, Branch 15 of …

Radiofarda -The police commander in Iran’s Alborz province has told the public he will confront people with bad hijab even within the territory of apartment complexes. The official government news website IRNA reports that Abbas Ali Mohammadian at a public gathering in the city of Karaj on October 9 told the people they should report on their others who have …

Hear Iranian People’s Call for Justice Iran-HRM – In summer of 1988, over 30,000 political prisoners were summarily executed throughout Iran, based on a Fatwa (religious decree) issued by Khomeini. The Fatwa reads, “it is decreed that those who are in prisons throughout the country and remain steadfast in their support for the Monafeqin [Mojahedin MEK/PMOI], are waging war on …

RFL/RE – After decades of being banned from attending men’s sporting events, Iran’s female soccer fans are celebrating the fact they will be able to attend their national team’s upcoming World Cup qualifier against Cambodia.“I got a ticket, I will go to the stadium!” tweeted a woman, adding: “Can you believe I’m saying this?”The game at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on October …

Amnesty – In Iran, it’s a crime for women to appear in public with their hair uncovered. Yasaman Aryani, a 24-year-old activist, wanted to change this. She’s been sentenced to 16 years in prison for campaigning against forced veiling. It was International Women’s Day 2019 when Yasaman and her mother took off their headscarves and walked through a women-only train carriage in Tehran, handing …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner has been executed at Mashhad prison for murder charges. According to IHR sources, on the morning of Tuesday, October 8, prisoner Jahan Agashteh, 39, was hanged at the Iranian city of Mashhad’s prison (also known as Vakilabad prison). “Jahan Agashteh was from the city of Isfahan. Four years ago, he was arrested for …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – An Iranian singer, Mohsen Lorestani, has been arrested in Iran and accused of «corruption on earth» for his activities on social media. Corruption on Earth is a charge which is punishable by the death penalty. According to his lawyer, Iranian singer Mohsen Lorestani is charged with Corruption on Earth. Lawyer Kazem Hosseini told the Farsi …