Human rights

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic security agents have arrested at least seven Iranian Baha’is in the past ten days, reports say. While confirming the reports, the Geneva-based Baha’i International Community says it is not yet clear which state-run entity is behind the arrests, or what are the charges against the detainees. At least four Iranian followers of Baha’i faith have …

Political prisoner Akbar Bagheri has started a hunger strike since August 7, protesting lack of medical access in prison which led to his deteriorating health and legal conditions, and his exile to the Greater Tehran Penitentiary. Akbar Bagheri, incarcerated in the Great Tehran Penitentiary, was taken to the ward of dangerous criminals on the fourth day of his strike. According …

Iran-HRM – Two prisoners were hanged on Saturday, August 10, in the central prison of Mashhad, the state-run Khorasan daily reported Sunday. The state media did not identiry the victims by name but it said they will publish the full report in following days. In anothre development last Wednesday, five more prisoners were hanged in the notorious Raja’i Shahr (Gohardasht) …

RFL/RE – The wife of British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady says her husband has been arrested at his home in Iran on unknown charges. Shafagh Rahmani told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda on August 14 that her husband was arrested on August 11, and that authorities told her he faces “unspecified charges in connection with his activities.”Rahmani said it wasn’t clear which state body had …

CHRI – In response to a complaint by a woman from the city of Isfahan, Branch 1 of Iran’s Administrative Justice Court ruled that the traffic police’s refusal to issue motorcycle driving licenses to women is unlawful. However, due to Article 60 of the Administrative Justice Court’s Organizational and Regulatory Procedures Law, the ruling, which could be reversed, only applies to the individual …

Gaurdian – Gianni Infantino’s efforts have not had much impact and, with World Cup qualifiers soon, the wait to attend games continues Suzanne Wrack  Despite vocal opposition, Iran’s authorities are yet to relax their 40-year ban on women entering football grounds. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images “They think that, if they give up on this, it’s a noose for them,” says …

Iran-HRM – According to Iranian human rights sources,during the past weeks the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) have opened fire on porters, killing and wounding dozens in Iran’s border areas. The state security forces on Saturday, August 19, opened fire on a group of porters (load carriers), killing a young man identified as Reza Ebrahimi and wounding another. In another repressive measure, …

RFL/RE – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged the Iranian authorities to immediately release Nooshin Jafari, a photojournalist and culture reporter who was detained 10 days ago on unspecified charges. Iranian photojournalist Nooshin Jafari was arrested in Tehran on August 3. (file photo) “It is outrageous for Iran to hold a journalist in an unknown location, for no …

Amnesty – Critically ill prisoner of conscience and human right defender Arash Sadeghi is being tortured through the intentional and purposeful denial of his access to cancer treatment, causing him severe pain and suffering. A serious post-operation infection has developed in his right arm due to lack of care in prison, leaving it swollen, paralysed and without sensation. He has …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Two prisoners were hanged at the Central Prison of the Iranian city of Mashhad (also known as Vakil-Abad Prison) Saturday. According to Khorasan Daily, on the morning of Saturday, August 10, two prisoners were hanged in Mashhad Central Prison. The newspaper has not mentioned their name, however, IHR could independently identify them through its sources as …