Human rights

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner was executed almost a month ago at a prison in Lorestan province, Iran. The execution has not been announced by the Iranian authorities or media so far.  According to IHR sources, on the morning of August 7, 2019, a prisoner hanged at the central prison of the Iranian city of Borujerd, Lorestan province. His …

CHRI – No More Empty Promises: FIFA Should Call on Iran to Lift Ban Once and For All The death of Sahar Khodayari, a woman who set herself on fire in Tehran because she thought she would have to serve jail time for trying to watch a soccer match, has put the spotlight on the costs of a discriminatory state policy …

Radiofarda – A young woman who had set herself on fire to protest her possible indictment for trying to enter a sports stadium in Iran has died in hospital. The 29-year old whose name has not been officially released was arrested in March trying to attend a men’s football (soccer) match in Tehran. Women are not allowed in Iran to …

RFL/RE – In a new report, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) named Turkmenistan, Iran, and Belarus as being among the ten worst countries for press censorship.The report released on September 10 by the U.S.-based media-freedom watchdog said repressive governments in these countries “use sophisticated digital censorship and surveillance alongside more traditional methods to silence independent media.”In these ten countries, authorities ban …

HRW – Iran’s judiciary is dramatically increasing the costs of peaceful dissent in Iran, Human Rights Watch said today. Since July 31, 2019 alone, revolutionary courts have sentenced at least 13 activists to prison sentences of more than a decade for peaceful dissent. “Again and again, Iranian revolutionary court judges have been ensuring that anyone who dares challenge the authorities will …

CHRI —Less than a year after workers’ rights activists in southwestern Iran publicized evidence that Intelligence Ministry agents had tortured detainees, those same activists and four independent journalists who covered their cases have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms. “The sentences are an indicator that newly appointed Judiciary Chief Ehrabim Raisi intends to prolong his predecessor’s reign of repression by punishing peaceful …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Two Afghan nationals were hanged at Bandar Abbas central prison on August 27. According to IHR sources, two Afghan nationals were hanged at the central prison of the Iranian southern city of Bandar Abbas on Tuesday, August 27, 2019. They have been identified by IHR sources as Zabihollah Zakari, 42, and Valid Ahmad, 33. Iran …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Seven workers and workers rights activists have been sentenced to a sum of 111 years of imprisonment and 74 lashes.Iran Human Rights (IHR) once again urges the international community to react to the Iranian authorities’ intensified crackdown of the civil society and human rights defenders in recent months. “It seems the Islamic Republic are taking …

Iran Human Rights Monitor Monthly Report – August 2019 Introduction August was marked by brutal clampdown on Iranian society. Heavy sentences issued for civil and human rights activists are stark indications of mounting repression in Iran. Beset by a whole host of economic, social and political crises, Iran sentenced more than 30 activists, workers and journalists to lashes and prison, …

CHRI – Imprisoned civil rights activist Atena Daemi and recently released political prisoner Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi were informed that they must serve an additional 2.1 years in prison now that the Tehran Appeals Court upheld a joint sentence against them under the charges of “insulting the supreme leader” and “propaganda against the state.” Daemi’s mother, Masoumeh Nemati, told the Center for Human Rights in …