Human rights

radiofarda – An outspoken labor rights advocate who recently called for the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to step down has been arrested at his home. The intelligence agents stormed Esmaeil Ahmadi Ragheb’s (nicknamed Zartosht) house in the city of Shahriar, 39 kilometers (approximately 24 miles) west of Tehran, breaking down the door on Tuesday, August 27, and …

radiofarda – The lawyer of an anti-compulsory hijab activist in Iran says his client has been sentenced to a total of 24 years in prison, with 15 years to be served. Saba Kord Afshari, a young woman who was first arrested last year during anti-regime protests and was facing a conviction, was re-arrested in May for anti-hijab activities. The defense …

alarabiya – An Iranian appeals court has upheld a 10-year jail sentence against British Council staffer Aras Amiri for “cultural infiltration”, the judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday. Amiri was “sentenced to 10 years in jail… and she is already serving her term. This verdict has been upheld by the court,” spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said, quoted by the judiciary’s Mizan Online …

alarabiya – Iran’s judiciary has sentenced British-Iranian dual national Anousheh Ashouri to 10 years jail on spying charges, Iranian state TV reported on Tuesday. “British-Iranian Anousheh Ashouri has been sentenced to 10 years jail for spying for Israel’s Mossad … also two years for acquiring illegitimate wealth,” judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili was quoted as saying. He did not give any …

radiofarda – The Paris-based international organization, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has declared Iran as the largest prison in the world for female journalists. In its latest report published on August 26, RSF says “The Islamic Republic is now the world’s biggest jailer of women journalists, with a total of ten currently held.” Insisting that it is alarmed by a new …

iran-hrm – Nine workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Factory in the southwestern city of Shush were sentenced to eight months of prison and 30 lashes each, the state-run ILNA news agency reported today. The sentences issued by the 102nd Branch of the Shush Criminal Court will be suspended until the end of the term set by the court. The …

iran-hrm – A woman was hanged at dawn on Sunday, August 25, 2019 in the Central Prison of Mashhad, the state-run ROKNA news agency reported today. The victim who has not been identified by the state media had been found guilty of murder. This is the 94th woman executed in Iran during Hassan Rouhani’s term in office since 2013. The …

radiofarda – Officials at the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs (FMV) in the Islamic Republic confirmed on Monday, August 26, that the son of a “martyr” committed suicide by self-immolation at the Foundation’s office in the city of Qom, 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Soldiers killed in action, particularly during the Iran-Iraq war of …

iran-hrm – Marzieh Amiri, a journalist and student activist was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison and 147 lashes, her sister Samira Amiri tweeted August 24. Reporting the verdict, Samira Amir tweeted that her sister must serve a minimum of six years of her sentence (according to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code) if the verdict …

iran-hrm – Farangis Mazloumi, the mother of political prisoner Soheil Arabi, has been on hunger strike since August 16, 2019, to protest her continued detention and being kept in limbo for more than one month. Intelligence forces arrested Mrs Farangis Mazloumi on Monday, July 22, 2019 without explaining her charges. She has since been kept in solitary confinement in Evin’s …