Human rights

Iran-HRM – Mohammad Mehdi Vossoughian, a 21-year-old student, is facing bogus charges of “propaganda against the system, communication with hostile countries, and membership in opposition groups.” According to the Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM), the trial session to examine the charges against Mohammad Mehdi Vossoughian was held today, Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at the Revolutionary Court in Golpayegan County, …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – State media have reported the executions of two men for murder charges at Ghezelhesar Prison. IHRNGO previously reported the executions of two other men that day, bringing the total number to four. There are unverified reports of three other men’s executions at the prison that day. According to Javan Online, two men were executed in …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Ebrahim Zamharir, a man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Tabriz Central Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Tabriz Central Prison on 22 November. His identity has been established as 48-year-old Ebrahim Zamharir who was sentenced to death for drug-related charges. An informed source told IHRNGO: “Ebrahim …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – At least two men including Moslem Jamshidi and Mohammad Andishkouh were executed in Ghezelhesar Prison. They were on death row for drug-related charges. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, at least two men were executed in Ghezelhesar Prison in Karaj on 22 November. Their identities have been established as Moslem Jamshidi (pictured left) …

RFL/RE – Ahmadreza Haeri, a political prisoner in Iran’s Qezelhesar Prison, has backed up claims that fellow inmate dissident rapper Saman Yasin had been tortured, saying the artist was put through a mock execution by prison guards even though his death sentence was quashed and a new trial ordered in his case. Yasin was arrested by security forces during nationwide …

Iranwire – An Iranian court has ordered the execution of a suspended prison sentence handed to poet and civil activist Atefeh Chaharmahalian. Chaharmahalian, a former board member of the Iranian Writers’ Association, was arrested in Tehran on October 3 last year amid nationwide protests against the country’s clerical establishment. She was initially incarcerated in Tehran’s Evin prison and subsequently given …

Iranwire – Students at the Faculty of Psychology of Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University have decided to boycott classes to protest the security measures recently put in place by the university’s administration. According to Iran’s Union of Student Councils, the students refused to enter the classrooms on November 21, vowing to defend their “most fundamental rights.” On November 20, independent student sources, …

Iranwire – Former political prisoner and civil activist Hossein Ronaghi says he has been summoned by the Iranian judiciary to face new accusations. On November 21, Ronaghi posted an image of the summons on the social media platform X, accompanied by a caption stating: “I have been summoned to Branch 1 of the Evin Prosecutor’s Office regarding new charges and …

Iranwire – Maryam Shokrani, the economic editor of Iran’s Shargh newspaper, has announced that a new legal case was filed against her. Shokrani said on Instagram on November 22 that the case was referred to Branch 1058 of the Culture and Media Prosecutor’s Office “without investigation.” The journalist also said she hadn’t been given a chance to present her defense. …

Iranwire – IranWire tracked 56 instances of hate speech across social media over the past week and found that 49 of these were dedicated to broadcasting violent antisemitic language that attacked both Israel and Jews around the world. Posts by social media influencers with thousands of followers, calling Jews “animals” and that “killing Jews” was the same as “killing animals,” …